Editing Greenfield, Iowa (section)

==History==
[[File:Iowa - Barnstorm for Rural America - Greenfield (1604948245).jpg|thumb|250px|left|City of Greenfield [[welcome sign]]]]
The area surrounding Greenfield was settled in 1854.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hX4UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA92 | title=History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1 | publisher=Pioneer Publishing Company | author=Kilburn, Lucian Moody | year=1915 | pages=92}}</ref> The plan for the town of Greenfield was designed in 1856, after Milton C. Munger purchased the land that the town would be built on. Munger is responsible for the design of Greenfield's unique Lancaster-style town square, and the city park located at Grant and NE Second Street was also included in the original plat. Greenfield is named after [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n142 143]}}</ref> Greenfield became the county seat in 1875,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7355|title= Profile for Greenfield, Iowa, IA|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= August 30, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190515084431/http://epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7355|archive-date= May 15, 2019|url-status= dead}}</ref> after battling out nearby Fontanelle for the title.<ref name=history>{{cite web|title=History of Greenfield|url=http://www.greenfieldiowa.com/History.htm|access-date=February 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319072945/http://www.greenfieldiowa.com/History.htm|archive-date=March 19, 2012}}</ref> The city was incorporated on May 22, 1876.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Greenfield-Iowa.html |title= Greenfield, Iowa |publisher= City-Data.com |access-date=August 30, 2012}}</ref>

Greenfield is home to four entries on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], the E. E. Warren Opera House listed in 1970; the Adair County Courthouse, listed in 1981; the Adair County Democrat/Adair County Free Press building, listed 2012; and Hotel Greenfield, listed 2012.

The Free press building is 19th-century Commercial in style, with Romanesque features on its façade. It was erected in 1903 by Edwin J. Sidey and his father John S. Sidey, founders of the Adair County Democrat in 1889, later the Adair County Free Press. Edwin's son Kenneth (1895–1976) and grandson Edwin J. Sidey (1925–2008) succeeded as publishers and editors. Well-known White House reporter forTime/Life and author Hugh Sidey (1927–2005), brother of Edwin J., was also closely associated over time with the family's journalism and photojournalism legacies. Publisher/Editor Linda E. Sidey, widow of Edwin J., relocated the newspaper business and its associated photo gallery to 141 Public Square in December 2010.

===2024 tornado===
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On May 21, 2024, during [[tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024|a significant tornado outbreak]] affecting parts of the [[Midwest]], Greenfield was struck by a [[2024 Greenfield tornado|violent tornado]]. Many homes were heavily damaged or destroyed, and four were killed and at least 35 others injured in Greenfield.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=1170280 |title=Storm Events Database (DMX survey FISK, 2024-05-21 14:27 CST-6) |publisher=[[National Centers for Environmental Information]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=US Department of Commerce |first=NOAA |title=Event Summary May 21, 2024 Tornadoes, Winds and Flash Flooding |url=https://www.weather.gov/dmx/2024-May-21-Iowa-TornadoesWindsFlooding |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.weather.gov |language=EN-US}}</ref> With wind speeds of over {{cvt|260|mph|km/h}}, this tornado may have produced some of the highest wind speeds ever recorded on earth, estimated to exceed {{cvt|300|mph|km/h}} at the ground.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Satre |first1=Zane |title=300+ mph: Greenfield, Iowa tornado had some of the strongest winds ever recorded, radar data shows |url=https://www.kcci.com/article/may-21-2024-greenfield-iowa-tornado-had-some-of-the-strongest-winds-ever-recorded/61423120 |website=KCCI |access-date=September 25, 2024 |date=Jun 26, 2024}}</ref>