Toolesboro, Iowa

Summary

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

Toolesboro, Iowa
Toolesboro Mound Group
Toolesboro is located in Iowa
Toolesboro
Toolesboro
Toolesboro is located in the United States
Toolesboro
Toolesboro
Coordinates: 41°08′31″N 91°03′44″W / 41.14194°N 91.06222°W / 41.14194; -91.06222
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyLouisa
TownshipJefferson
Elevation682 ft (208 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code319
GNIS feature ID462278[1]

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

History edit

 
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 edit

  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.