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Welcome to Marquisville ...

Marquisville is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Marquisville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

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

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

Area Code for Marquisville: 515

Communities near Marquisville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Marquisville ...

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

Adding Marquisville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Marquisville 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 Marquisville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Marquisville post office opened in 1892. The Marquisville post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Marquisville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Marquisville - 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/