WIOTA
The Town of Wiota was started in 1872, the year the C.R.I. & P. railroad located its station there, being laid out, for the most part, by Frank H. WHITNEY. It was platted and filed for records November 13, 1877, the owner being Hoyt SHERMAN, assignee , and F.H. WHITNEY. On August 29, 1878, Mr. WHITNEY filed for record an addition to the town. The first store in Wiota was kept by T.L. POLLARD. Other business men who were among the first to locate in the town were R.T. YOUNG, Harvey YEAMAN, Ambrose OSTRANDER, W.E. SPURRIER, Martin RORAH. The town was incorporated in the spring of 1884. Joseph TURNER was the first mayor. The postoffice was established there in 1873. Oliver COOMES being the first postmaster. The town contains 218 people according to the census of 1900. Although not the largest town in the county, Wiota is by no means behind in the race for business. Its citizens are all enterprising and thrifty and always working for improvement in all things.
From:
Exposition Souvenir Album, published by Democrat Publishing Company, Atlantic, Iowa, 1904. Transcribed by Brenda Magee, June, 2010.
