Angus, Iowa

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Angus is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.{{GNIS|454191}}

History

Angus was originally named Coaltown as a coal mining community in the 1870s.{{cite web | url= http://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/about-us/county-history | title=County History | website= boonecounty.iowa.gov| publisher=Boone County | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170612044810/http://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/about-us/county-history | access-date=24 March 2018| archive-date=2017-06-12 }} A post office was established in Coaltown in 1879. In 1881, the name was changed to Angus, honoring a railroad official.{{cite book|last=Goldthwait|first=Nathan Edward|title=History of Boone County, Iowa| url= https://archive.org/details/historyofbooneco01gold|year=1914|publisher=Pioneer Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofbooneco01gold/page/336 336] | via= Wayback Machine}} The population was 150 in 1940.{{Cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher= United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=292 |language=en}} The post office closed in the 1950s.{{cite web | url= https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IA&county=Boone | title= Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte | website= postalhistory.com| access-date=24 March 2018}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Boone County, Iowa

Category:1870s establishments in Iowa