Iola or IOLA may refer to: * ''Iola'', the ''nom de plume'' of African-American writer Ida B. Wells * ''Iola'' (steamboat 1885), a steamboat active on Puget Sound from 1885 to 1915 * Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts, a method of raising money for charitable purposes in the United States * Myrmarachne, a genus of jumping spiders

Places

;In the United States *

Iola, Colorado Iola is an extinct town in Gunnison County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The community was inundated and destroyed by the creation of Blue Mesa Reservoir Blue Mesa Reservoir is an artificial reservoir located on the upper reaches of the Gunniso ...

, a ghost town *

Iola, Illinois Iola is a village in Clay County, Illinois, United States. The population was 98 at the 2020 census. Geography Iola is located in northwestern Clay County at (38.833717, -88.627785). Louisville, the county seat, is to the southwest. According t ...

, a village in Clay County, Illinois * Iola, Kansas, a city in Allen County, Kansas *

Iola, Pennsylvania Iola is a census-designated place in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 144 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area. History A milling bus ...

, a census-designated place in Columbia County, Pennsylvania * Iola, Texas, a city in Grimes County, Texas * Iola, Wisconsin, a village in Waupaca County, Wisconsin *

Iola (town), Wisconsin Iola is a political subdivisions of Wisconsin#Town, town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 818 at the 2000 census. The Iola, Wisconsin, Village of Iola is located partially within the tow ...

, a town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Given name

Iola Fuller Iola Fuller (Marcellus, Michigan, January 25, 1906 – April 12, 1993), later Iola Fuller Goodspeed McCoy, was an American writer. Her first novel, ''The Loon Feather'', won the 1939 Hopwood Award from the University of Michigan. Set primarily on ...

(1906–1993), American writer *

Iola Gregory Eirian Iola Gregory (15 September 1946 – 21 November 2017) was a Welsh actress. She was best known for her role as Jean McGurk in the long-running S4C soap series ''Pobol y Cwm''. Early life Gregory's mother, Millicent "Millie" Gregory, was ...

(1946–2017), Welsh actress *

Iola Abraham Ikkidluak Iola Abraham Ikkidluak (1936–2003) was an Inuit sculptor from Kimmirut, Nunavut. He participated in the Smithsonian Institution's 1979-1981 touring exhibition ''By the Light of the Qulliq''. His work is included in the permanent collections of ...

(1936–2003), Inuit artist *

Iola Johnson Iola Vivian Johnson (born October 10, 1950)"Iola Vivian Johnson" in ''Who's Who Among African Americans'', 23rd edition Gale, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2010. was the second African-American news anchor for a Dallas television station. Career Johnso ...

(born 1950), American news anchor

Fictional characters

Iola Boylan The following is a list of the characters appearing on the television show ''Mama's Family'' (1983–1990) and '' The Family'' (1974–1978) sketches on ''The Carol Burnett Show'' which preceded it. Thelma Harper (Mama) See Thelma Harper Eunice ...

, character on the television series ''Mama's Family'' played by Beverly Archer * '' Iola Leroy'', novel by African-American author Frances Harper * Iola Morton, girlfriend of Joe Hardy in the ''Hardy Boys'' novels {{disambiguation, given name, geo