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Welcome to Canoe ...

Canoe is located in Winneshiek County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Canoe, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1857.

Canoe is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Canoe lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Canoe: 563

Communities Also Named Canoe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Canoe - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, Georgia and Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Canoe.

Communities near Canoe ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Canoe.

  • Decorah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Waukon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
    • Waukon is located in Allamakee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,600 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waukon <3>
  • Postville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Spring Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
    • Spring Grove is located in Houston County (MN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,262 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Grove <3>
  • Calmar
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calmar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calmar
    • Calmar is located in Winneshiek County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calmar <3>
  • Ossian
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Mabel
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • Mabel is located in Fillmore County (MN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mabel <3>
  • Canton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Canton is located in Fillmore County (MN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <3>
  • Spillville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Fort Atkinson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Canoe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Canoe.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Canoe. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Canoe.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Canoe. See our Newspapers Page for Canoe.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Canoe ...

Looking for more information about Canoe? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Canoe, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Canoe.

Adding Canoe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Canoe in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Canoe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Canoe post office opened in 1857.

We also found Canoe in the book titled Iowa State Gazetteer (1865).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Canoe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Winneshiek, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Canoe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/