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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.
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> For more details, see References and Mentions for Iola. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Gunnison County: www.co.gunnison.co.us/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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