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41°09′N 91°03′W / 41.15°N 91.05°W / 41.15; -91.05

Toolesboro Mound Group
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Nearest cityToolesboro, Iowa
NRHP reference No.66000337
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHLMay 23, 1966[2]

The Toolesboro Mound Group, a National Historic Landmark, is a group of Havana Hopewell culture earthworks on the north bank of the Iowa River near its discharge into the Mississippi. The mounds are owned and displayed to the public by the State Historical Society of Iowa. The mound group is located east of Wapello, Iowa, near the unincorporated community of Toolesboro.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Toolesboro Mound Group". National Historic Landmark summary list ing. National Park Service. Retrieved October 8, 2007.

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