Ticonic is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Grant Township, Monona County, Iowa Grant Township is a township in Monona County, Iowa, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. ...

, United States. Ticonic is located along County Highway E16, west of Mapleton.

History

Ticonic's population was 105 in 1902, and 115 in 1925.

Education

The community is within the

Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto Community School District Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District, or Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Mapleton, Iowa. It includes sections of Monona County and Woodbury County with small areas in ...

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. Retrieved on July 16, 2018. The Ticonic Independent School District, which operated the grade 1–8 Ticonic Independent School, started in the early 1900s. In 1955, Mapleton Community School District, as it was now known, absorbed the Ticonic Independent School District as the latter had a decline in population.Woodward, Susan.
Ticonic Independent School District
" Maple Valley Community School District. December 1997. Retrieved on July 16, 2018. The Mapleton Community School District merged into the Maple Valley Community School District in 1961.Maple Valley history page
Maple Valley Community School District. March 5, 2001. Retrieved on July 16, 2018. The Ticonic school closed in 1961, and it was demolished in 1970 as the building had deteriorated. On July 1, 2012, the Maple Valley district consolidated with the

Anthon–Oto Community School District Anthon–Oto Community School District was a school district headquartered in Anthon, Iowa. The district, in Woodbury County, Iowa, Woodbury County, served Anthon and Oto, Iowa, Oto. History The Anthon and Oto school districts consolidated in 1 ...

to form the new Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto district.REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66
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. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.

References

Unincorporated communities in Monona County, Iowa Unincorporated communities in Iowa {{MononaCountyIA-geo-stub