Angus, Iowa

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Angus, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Angus, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°53′00″N94°09′27″W / 41.88333°N 94.15750°W / 41.88333; -94.15750
Country United States
State Iowa
County Boone
Elevation
1,024 ft (312 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 515
GNIS feature ID454191 [1]

Angus is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1]

History

Angus was originally named Coaltown as a coal mining community in the 1870s. [2] A post office was established in Coaltown in 1879. In 1881, the name was changed to Angus, honoring a railroad official. [3] The population was 150 in 1940. [4] The post office closed in the 1950s. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Angus, Iowa
  2. ↑ "County History". boonecounty.iowa.gov. Boone County. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ Goldthwait, Nathan Edward (1914). History of Boone County, Iowa. Pioneer Publishing Company. p.  336 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 292.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". postalhistory.com. Jim Forte. Retrieved March 24, 2018.


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