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Welcome to Iola ...

So far, we found very little information about Iola. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Iola to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Iola, please Contact Us.


Iola would have been located within present day Gunnison County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Iola, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Iola, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1896. The community was inundated by the Blue Mesa Reservoir in 1965.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Iola is 7,520 feet [2,292 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Iola is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Iola was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Iola would have been located in the (970) area code.

Communities Also Named Iola ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Iola - they are located in Alabama, Florida (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Iola.

Communities near Iola ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Iola.

  • Gunnison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Powderhorn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powderhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderhorn
    • Powderhorn is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powderhorn <5>
  • Almont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almont have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almont
    • Almont is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Almont <5>
  • Parlin
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parlin have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parlin
    • Parlin is located in Gunnison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parlin <5>
  • Cimarron
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cimarron have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron
    • Cimarron is located in Montrose County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cimarron <5>
  • Crested Butte
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Irwin ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
    • Irwin is located in Gunnison County
  • Ohio City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Maher
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Crested Butte
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Crested Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Crested Butte
    • Mount Crested Butte is located in Gunnison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Iola. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Iola.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Iola. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Iola.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Iola. See our Newspapers Page for Iola.

Adding Iola to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Iola in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Iola was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Iola post office opened in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Iola.

The official website for Gunnison County: www.co.gunnison.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Iola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Gunnison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Iola - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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