Port Allen, Iowa

Coordinates: 41°20′17″N 91°21′04″W / 41.338°N 91.351°W / 41.338; -91.351
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Port Allen, Iowa
Port Allen is located in Iowa
Port Allen
Port Allen
Port Allen is located in the United States
Port Allen
Port Allen
Coordinates: 41°20′17″N 91°21′04″W / 41.338°N 91.351°W / 41.338; -91.351
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyMuscatine
Elevation
607 ft (185 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code319
GNIS feature ID465523[1]

Port Allen is an unincorporated community in Iowa, United States, located along the Louisa-Muscatine County line on Iowa Highway 70. It was formerly a thriving town, but today is merely a housing sub-division.

Port Allen was platted in 1871 by Cyril Carpenter.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Port Allen (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Richman, Irving Berdine (1911). History of Muscatine County, Iowa: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 249.