Port Allen is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

, United States, located along the Louisa- Muscatine County line on

Iowa Highway 70 Iowa Highway 70 (Iowa 70) is a state highway spanning from north to south in eastern Iowa. It begins at Iowa Highway 92 in Columbus Junction, and ends at U.S. Highway 6 in West Liberty. Route description Iowa Highway 70 begins less than fro ...

. It was formerly a thriving town, but today is merely a housing sub-division. Port Allen was

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ted in 1871 by Cyril Carpenter.

References

Unincorporated communities in Iowa Unincorporated communities in Muscatine County, Iowa 1871 establishments in Iowa {{MuscatineCountyIA-geo-stub