The name “Strawberry Point” goes back to the days of 1841, when Iowa was still a territory.
It was in 1841 that the “Old Mission Road” was laid out from Dubuque to Fort Atkinson in Winneshiek County, in what was called the Neutral Ground. The Neutral Ground had been established on July 30, 1830 as a means of protecting the Winnebago Indians from the hostile Sec and Fox tribes … Fort Atkinson was established literally to protect Indians from Indians.
Strawberry Point is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,386 at the 2000 census. Strawberry Point is home to the world’s largest strawberry (made of fiberglass). Backbone State Park, Iowa’s oldest state park is located a few miles from the town.