Iaqua (also, Jaqua) is a former settlement in
Humboldt County,
California
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.
It was located south of
Kneeland.
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)]
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 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.
/ref> It later merged with the Kneeland School.
References
Former settlements in Humboldt County, California
Former populated places in California
Forts in California
American Civil War army posts
1863 establishments in California
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