Lakonta, Iowa

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Lakonta, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Lakonta
Coordinates: 41°11′36″N92°43′50″W / 41.19333°N 92.73056°W / 41.19333; -92.73056
Country United States
State Iowa
County Mahaska
Elevation
728 ft (222 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 641
GNIS feature ID464609 [1]

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

History

Lakonta was platted in 1900. [2] The name Lakonta is of Native American origin meaning "blacksmith". [2] A post office was established as Lakonta in 1900, renamed Truax in 1926, and the post office closed in 1934. [3]

Lakonta's population was 21 in 1915. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lakonta, Iowa
  2. 1 2 Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 92.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Truax Post Office (historical)
  4. ↑ Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.


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