| Augusta, Iowa | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Iowa#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Augusta |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Iowa |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Iowa |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Des Moines |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.18 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.94 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.24 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 51 |
| Population Density Km2: | 26.28 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 40.7581°N -91.2758°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Area Code: | 319 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 19-03700 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.84 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.75 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.09 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 68.09 |
Augusta is an unincorporated community situated on the Skunk River in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. It is located 10 miles southwest of Burlington and nine miles north of Fort Madison, off U.S. Route 61 and Iowa Highway 16. The community is part of the Burlington, IA - IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In 1835, Levi Moffitt, one of the first settlers, built the first water-power "flouring" mill in the state of Iowa. In 1842, Moffitt and Dan Jones built a church in Augusta, and helped to transport immigrants up the river to Nauvoo. The means of travel was a small steamboat that was called the Maid of Iowa, which was captained by Dan Jones.
The Augusta Academy, a co-educational institution, was established in Augusta in January 1839. This was followed by the Augusta Literary and Debating Society, founded in 1879.[2]
The first postmaster of Augusta was Joshua Holland, appointed on October 2, 1846.[2]
Augusta's population was 163 in 1902,[3] and 110 in 1925.[4] The population was 87 in 1940.[5]