Iaqua, California

{{Short description|Former settlement in Humboldt County, California}}

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Image:1866 Northern California Map.jpgIaqua (also, Jaqua) is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located {{convert|5.5|mi|km}} south of Kneeland.{{California's Geographic Names|89}}

Camp or Fort Iaqua, a military post operational from August 5, 1863, to 1866 was located on Yeager Creek about 18 miles east of the mouth of the Eel River,Colonel Herbert M. Hart, USMC (retired), [http://www.militarymuseum.org/FtIaqua.html Historic California Posts: Fort Iaqua (Camp Jaqua, Camp Iaqua)], Pioneer Forts of the Far West, The California State Military Museum, 1965 is located on Iaqua Creek {{convert|4|mi|km}} south-southeast of Iaqua.

The Jaqua post office opened in 1880, and changed its name to Iaqua later that year. The post office closed in 1903, re-opened in 1909, and closed for good in 1920.

As of 1873, a school was in operation at Iaqua.[http://www.humboldt.k12.ca.us/kneeland_sd/history.html Kneeland School History]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It later merged with the Kneeland School.