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Welcome to Mooreville ...

So far, we found very little information about Mooreville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mooreville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mooreville, please Contact Us.

Mooreville would have been located within present day Tama County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mooreville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mooreville is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Mooreville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Mooreville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Mooreville - they are located in Colorado, Connecticut, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Ohio and Texas.

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

Communities near Mooreville ...

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

  • Waterloo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Vinton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Evansdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jesup
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jesup is located in Black Hawk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,711 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jesup <4>
  • Hudson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hudson is located in Black Hawk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,473 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <4>
  • La Porte City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Reinbeck
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Traer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dysart
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Elk Run Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Elk Run Heights is located in Black Hawk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,135 people

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

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

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

Adding Mooreville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mooreville 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 (so far) for Mooreville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mooreville post office opened in 1871. The Mooreville post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mooreville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mooreville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Tama, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mooreville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/