Toolesboro, Iowa

Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States
41°08′31″N 91°03′44″W / 41.14194°N 91.06222°W / 41.14194; -91.06222CountryUnited StatesStateIowaCountyLouisaTownshipJeffersonElevation682 ft (208 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code319GNIS feature ID462278[1]

Toolesboro is an unincorporated community in southeastern Louisa County, Iowa, United States.

The community is on Iowa Route X99 approximately seven miles southeast of Wapello and the Iowa River passes just to the east.[2]

History

Toolsboro is shown on the 1903 Louisa County, Iowa, map

The Toolesboro Mound Group, a National Historic Landmark, lies north of the community.[2]

Toolesboro was platted circa 1837 by William L. Toole.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Toolesboro". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b Iowa Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 7th Edition, 2021 pp. 56-7 ISBN 1946494003
  3. ^ Springer, Arthur (1912). History of Louisa County, Iowa, from Its Earliest Settlement to 1912, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 291.
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