Coal Valley, Iowa | |
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Former town | |
  Coal Valley, Iowa | |
| Coordinates: 42°01′54″N93°57′03″W / 42.03167°N 93.95083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa |
| County | Boone |
| Elevation | 896 ft (273 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 464503 [1] |
Coal Valley is an extinct town in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. [1]
Coal Valley was platted in 1867 as a coal mining community. [2] Once the coal deposits were exhausted, Coal Valley's business activity shifted elsewhere and its population dwindled. [2] The former town site now is farmland. [3]
Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 99,678, making it the seventh-most populous county in Iowa. Between 2010 and 2020, it was the fastest growing county in Iowa and one of the fastest growing in the country. Its county seat is Adel, and its largest city is Waukee. The county was named for George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States under James K. Polk, the namesake of neighboring Polk County.
Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,715. Its county seat is Boone.
Boone is a city in Des Moines Township, and county seat of Boone County, Iowa, United States.
Fraser is a city in Dodge Township, Boone County, Iowa, United States. The population was 101 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames–Boone Combined Statistical Area. The city is located along the Des Moines River.
Madrid is a city in Douglas Township, Boone County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,802 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area.
Renwick is a city in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 234 at the time of the 2020 census.
Oskaloosa is a city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Oskaloosa was a national center of bituminous coal mining. The population was 11,558 in the 2020 U.S. Census, an increase from 10,938 in 2000.
Knoxville is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States. The population was 7,595 at the time of the 2020 census, an increase from 7,313 in the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Marion County. Knoxville is home of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum, located next to the famous Knoxville Raceway dirt track.
The Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates freight and passenger excursions in Boone County, Iowa.
The Coal River is a tributary of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia. It is formed near the community of Alum Creek by the confluence of the Big and Little Coal Rivers, and flows generally northward through western Kanawha County, past the community of Upper Falls and into the Kanawha River at St. Albans.
U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is a major east–west U.S. Highway which spans 330 miles (530 km) across the state of Iowa. It is the longest primary highway in the state and is maintained by the Iowa Department of Transportation. The route in Iowa begins at the Missouri River crossing at Blair, Nebraska, and ends at the Mississippi River crossing at Clinton, Iowa. Along the way, it serves Denison and Carroll in western Iowa, Boone, Ames, and Marshalltown in central Iowa, and Tama, Cedar Rapids, and DeWitt in eastern Iowa. Cutting across the central portion of the state, US 30 runs within close proximity of the Union Pacific Railroad's Overland Route for its entire length.
Beaver Creek is a tributary of the Des Moines River that rises at the northern border of Boone County in the U.S. state of Iowa, and then flows generally south and southeast through western Boone County, northeastern Dallas County, and finally northwestern Polk County before flowing into the Des Moines River approximately a mile south of the Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County. In total, the main channel is approximately 77 miles (124 km) in length, and the watershed drains approximately 380 square miles (980 km2).
Marcy Township is one of seventeen townships in Boone County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,137.
Lindytown is an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. Lindytown was founded at the time Charles Lindbergh made his famous flight across the Atlantic and is based on a 50-acre (200,000 m2) tract of land. Lindytown is approximately 22 miles (35 km) from Madison. Lindytown is accessible from Boone County Route 26, which is located off West Virginia Route 85 at the Van Bridge split.
Prenter is an unincorporated community and coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. Prenter is 11 miles (18 km) east-southeast of Madison.
Lanyon is an unincorporated community in Lost Grove Township in Webster County, Iowa.
Angus is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Centerville is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Zenorsville is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Minor league baseball teams were based in Boone, Iowa from 1904 to 1906. Boone teams played exclusively as members of the Class D level Iowa State League, changing the team's nickname in each of their three seasons of minor league play.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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