Iola
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Placenames

In the United States:
  • Iola, Illinois
    Iola, Illinois
    Iola is a village in Clay County, Illinois, United States. The population was 171 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Iola is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Iola, Kansas
    Iola, Kansas
    Iola is a city situated along the Neosho River in the northwestern part of Allen County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,704. Iola is the county seat of Allen County. It is named in honor of Iola Colborn.-History:The...

  • Iola, Pennsylvania
    Iola, Pennsylvania
    Iola is a census-designated place in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 129 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bloomsburg–Berwick Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Iola is located at ....

  • Iola, Texas
    Iola, Texas
    Iola is a city Grimes County, Texas, United States on Farm Road 39 and the Burlington-Rock Island Railway, at the headwaters of Ragan Creek in northwest Grimes County. A July 1, 2009 U.S...

  • Iola, Wisconsin
    Iola, Wisconsin
    Iola is a village in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,298 at the 2000 census. The village is located partially within the Town of Iola. A small portion lies within the adjacent Town of Scandinavia...

  • Iola (town), Wisconsin
    Iola (town), Wisconsin
    Iola is a town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 818 at the 2000 census. The Village of Iola is located partially within the town.-Geography:...


Given name

  • Iola Johnson
    Iola Johnson
    Iola Vivian Johnson was the first African-American news anchor for a Dallas television station.Johnson was born in Texarkana, Arkansas...

    , a journalist
  • Fictional characters:
    • Iola Boylan
      Iola Boylan
      Iola Lucille Boylan is a character on the television series Mama's Family. She was played by Beverly Archer.-Television character biography:...

      , character on the television series Mama's Family played by Beverly Archer
    • Iola Leroy
      Iola Leroy
      Iola Leroy or, Shadows Uplifted, an 1892 novel by Frances Harper, is one of the first novels published by an African-American woman.-Plot introduction:...

      , novel by African-American author Frances Harper
    • Iola Morton, girlfriend of Joe Hardy in the Hardy Boys novels

Transportation

  • Iola (steamboat 1885)
    Iola (steamboat 1885)
    Iola was a small steam vessel that operated on Puget Sound from 1885 to 1915.-Career:Iola was built at Hammersley Inlet, then known as “Big Skookum”, in the extreme southern portion of Puget Sound. The vessel entered service in June 1885 under the command of her first owner, Capt. Edwin Miller...

    , a steamboat active on Puget Sound from 1885 to 1915
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