The town of Austin was originally known as the Fremont County seat. It was located in what was known as Franklin township. Austin was about seven and a half miles south of the town of Sidney and comprised the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 10, township 67, range 42.

The little town consisted of one or two houses, the main one of which was the store and residence of A. H. Argyle.

The Austin Cemetery was listed on the WPA records in the 1930's, but no names can be found on the list of burials. The exact location of the cemetery is rather vague. Some sources indicate that the bodies were moved to the Hamburg Cemetery.

In 1983, when the Fremonty County Cemetery Record book was issued, the Austin schoolhouse was still in the area; however, it was no longer in use.

Source: Information from The Fremont County, Iowa, Cemetery Records; printed by the Fremont County Historical Society ~ Used with permission by Sandra Bengtson.