Angus, Iowa

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Angus, Iowa
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Angus, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°53′00″N94°09′27″W / 41.88333°N 94.15750°W / 41.88333; -94.15750 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(s) 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", and under the latter name was established as a coal mining community in the 1870s. [2] A post office called Coaltown was established in 1879, the name was changed to Angus in 1881, and the post office closed in the 1950s. [3] The present name "Angus" is after a railroad official. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Angus, Iowa
  2. ↑ "County History". Boone County. Archived from the original on 2017-06-12. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Goldthwait, Nathan Edward (1914). History of Boone County, Iowa. Pioneer Publishing Company. p.  336.


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