Iaqua, California facts for kids
Iaqua (also, Jaqua) is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Kneeland.
Camp or Fort Iaqua, a military post operational from August 5, 1863, to 1866 was located on Yeager Creek about 18 miles east of the mouth of the Eel River, is located on Iaqua Creek 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southeast of Iaqua.
The Jaqua post office opened in 1880, and changed its name to Iaqua later that year. The post office closed in 1903, re-opened in 1909, and closed for good in 1920.
As of 1873, a school was in operation at Iaqua. It later merged with the Kneeland School.
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