Protivin, IA

Protivin is a city in Chickasaw and Howard counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The 2020 census counted 269 residents. Early settlers named the city after the Bohemian town of Protivín in what is now the south of the Czech Republic. The first Czech settlers arrived around 1855 and established themselves because the landscape reminded them of their home region. The district's school is in Jackson Junction. That mix gives Protivin a clear local shape within Iowa, with older layers still visible in current places.

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The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. The community was and is predominately Catholic and they built their own church in 1878 which was the town's first structure. The Protivin area has many wildlife areas and opportunities for hunting and fishing. Taylor's Pond is located a few miles northwest of Protivin and has a four-acre pond used for fishing as well as picnic facilities.