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Coal Valley, Iowa
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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]
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History
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coal Valley, Iowa
- ^ a b Goldthwait, Nathan Edward (1914). History of Boone County, Iowa. Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 284.
- ^ "County History". Boone County. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
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