Viele is an unincorporated community in northern Lee County, Iowa, United States. It lies near the junction of 235th and 240th Streets, six miles west of the city of Fort Madison. Its elevation is 541 feet (196 m).[1]
Viele, Iowa | |
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  Viele Location in Iowa  Viele Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 40°36′47″N 91°26′02″W / 40.61306°N 91.43389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa |
| County | Lee |
| Elevation | 541 ft (165 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 464785[1] |
History edit
The community originally known as Jeffersonville was platted in July 1867 on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway. The name was changed to Viele in the 1860s or 1870s.[2] Viele's population was 15 in 1877,[3] 14 in 1902,[4] and 16 in 1915.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Viele, Iowa
- ^ "The Annals of Iowa". Archived from the original on December 1, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Cram, George Franklin (1887). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. pp. 367–369.
- ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
- ^ Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.
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