Thanks for visiting one of the Forgotten Villages on the Prairie in Van Buren County, Iowa. This area is still known for "Utica Road."
Utica's plat was filed in June 1857 by John & Emma Whetsel. By January 1864 he had sold out to Samuel Nixon who deplatted part of the town. Utica was a crossroads town with building for a store, a school, and two churches.