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Welcome to Cou Falls ...

Cou Falls is located in Johnson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cou Falls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Cou Falls is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cou Falls: 319

Communities near Cou Falls ...

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

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 Cou Falls. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cou Falls.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cou Falls. 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 Cou Falls.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cou Falls ...

Looking for more information about Cou Falls? 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 Cou Falls, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cou Falls.

Adding Cou Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cou Falls in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cou Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cou Falls post office opened in 1906. The Cou Falls post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cou Falls.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Johnson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cou Falls - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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