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Aredale is a city in Butler County, Iowa, United States. The population was 62 at the 2020 census.

Aredale city overview:
Name:	Aredale city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Iowa
County:	Butler County
Elevation:	1,020 ft (311 m)
Total Area:	1.00 sq mi (2.59 km²)
Land Area:	1.00 sq mi (2.59 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	62
Population Density:	61.88/sq mi (23.90/km²)
ZIP code:	50605
Area code:	641
FIPS code:	1902620
GNISfeature ID:	0454224

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History

The town of Aredale owes its conception to cheese. The area surrounding the town had seen increasing settlement since the 1860s, and in 1890, the local dairy farmers pooled their resources to create a cheese making factory, which eventually helped the town develop enough to warrant the community its own post office and thus township rights.

The name Aredale is derived from a variation on the Pennsylvania town of Airville, from which several Aredale residents had emigrated. The plat was recorded on June 28, 1900, by the Iowa and Minnesota Town Site Company. June 28 later was observed as Field Day by residents, and featured a town celebration and a baseball game visited by hundreds of people from nearby towns.

Soon the town featured a number of competing lumberyards and stockyards, and the Aredale Savings and Loan was constructed in 1901. That same year, the First Methodist Church was organized, and purchased the Coldwater Methodist Church building, which was then moved in town. It was destroyed by fire in 1923 and replaced by a new building.

In 1953, a train wreck destroyed the town depot, and no new one is forthcoming.

In the race for mayor on November 8, 2011, the Butler County elections office results showed that a senior at Hampton–Dumont High School was elected. Jeremy Minnier, age 18, won with 24[write-in votes. Incumbent Mayor Virgil Homer received eight votes.

In April 2012. mayor Jeremy Minnier appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Minnier discussed life in the small town and displayed photos. Host Leno and show guest Mel Gibson presented Minnier with a new town sign.