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]
^ abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lakonta, Iowa
^ abChicago 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.
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Truax Post Office (historical)
^Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.
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lakonta, iowa, lakonta, unincorporated, community, mahaska, county, state, iowa, unincorporated, communitylakontashow, iowalakontashow, united, statescoordinates, 19333, 73056, 19333, 73056countryunited, statesstateiowacountymahaskaelevation728, time, zoneutc,. Lakonta is an unincorporated community in Mahaska County in the U S state of Iowa 1 Lakonta IowaUnincorporated communityLakontaShow map of IowaLakontaShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 41 11 36 N 92 43 50 W 41 19333 N 92 73056 W 41 19333 92 73056CountryUnited StatesStateIowaCountyMahaskaElevation728 ft 222 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code641GNIS feature ID464609 1 History editLakonta 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 References edit a b U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Lakonta Iowa a b Chicago and North Western Railway Company 1908 A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago amp North Western and Chicago St Paul Minneapolis amp Omaha Railways p 92 U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Truax Post Office historical Atlas of Johnson County Iowa 1917 Iowa Counties Historic Atlases pp 63 66 nbsp This article about the geography of Mahaska County Iowa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lakonta Iowa amp oldid 1167294502, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
