Map of Beacon city, Iowa

Beacon is a city in Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. The population was 445 at the 2020 census.

Beacon city overview:
Name:	Beacon city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Iowa
County:	Mahaska County
Elevation:	758 ft (231 m)
Total Area:	1.01 sq mi (2.61 km²)
Land Area:	1.01 sq mi (2.61 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	445
Population Density:	441.47/sq mi (170.39/km²)
ZIP code:	52534
Area code:	641
FIPS code:	1905050
GNISfeature ID:	0454396

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History

Coal miners in Beacon joined the United Mine Workers union in 1894, organizing local 178. By 1902, this had 100 members.

Evans, Iowa was a coal camp 3 miles (4.8 km) to the northwest founded by Evan Evans. This was home to mines that opened in 1879 and were combined and reorganized as the American mine in 1884, at which time, the daily output was 100 tons. By 1894, the mine face was 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the foot of the slope, and the mine was producing 1000 tons of coal a day from a coal seam 6 feet (1.8 m) thick. This was one of the very few mines where the miners did not join the Bituminous coal miners’ strike of 1894. In 1899 United Mine Workers of America local 835 was organized, and in 1902, local 1932 was organized. Memberships in these two locals, combined, was 210 in 1901.