Toolesboro is an
unincorporated community in southeastern
Louisa County,
Iowa, United States.
The community is on Iowa Route X99 approximately seven miles southeast of
Wapello and the
Iowa River passes just to the east.
[''Iowa Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 7th Edition, 2021 pp. 56-7 ]
History
The
Toolesboro Mound Group
The Toolesboro Mound Group, a National Historic Landmark, is a group of Havana Hopewell culture earthworks on the north bank of the Iowa River near its discharge into the Mississippi. The mounds are owned and displayed to the public by the State ...
, a
National Historic Landmark, lies north of the community.
[
Toolesboro was platted ''circa'' 1837 by William L. Toole.]
References
Unincorporated communities in Louisa County, Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Iowa
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