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Port Allen

Ghost town · Muscatine County, Iowa

Columbus Junction quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1970, 1:24,000)
Columbus Junction quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1970, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Port Allen is a ghost town in Muscatine County, Iowa. It is one of 3 former communities in Muscatine County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 40th among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Port Allen as a historical populated place on the Columbus Junction topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.3378° N, 91.3532° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleColumbus Junction
Elevation606 ft
Nearest living townConesville, IA
Distance to it2.9 miles
GNIS feature ID465523
Coordinates41.33780, -91.35321

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What's there now

Port Allen is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Conesville, IA (population 440), about 2.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 606 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Port Allen?

Port Allen is in Muscatine County, Iowa, at 41.3378, -91.3532.

How many ghost towns are in Muscatine County?

Muscatine County, Iowa has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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