Map of Burr Oak CDP, Iowa

Burr Oak is an unincorporated community in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States, very close to the Minnesota state line. Burr Oak is a census-designated place and the population was 166 in the 2010 census.

Burr Oak CDP overview:
Name:	Burr Oak CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Iowa
County:	Winneshiek County
Total Area:	0.69 sq mi (1.79 km²)
Land Area:	0.69 sq mi (1.79 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	171
Population Density:	247.83/sq mi (95.73/km²)
FIPS code:	1909640

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History

Burr Oak was platted in 1855.

The village is one of the homes of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the Prairie books. Grace Ingalls, the youngest of the Ingalls children, was born there in 1877. There is a Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in the local Masters Hotel.

Hamlin Garland, noted American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher lived on a farm in Hesper Township, near Burr Oak during the 1870s.