Iaqua (also, Jaqua) is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California, United States. It was located south of Kneeland.
Camp or Fort Iaqua, a military post operational from August 5, 1863 to 1866 was located on Yeager Creek, about 18 miles east of the mouth of the Eel River,Colonel Herbert M. Hart, USMC (retired), Historic California Posts: Fort Iaqua (Camp Jaqua, Camp Iaqua), Pioneer Forts of the Far West, The California State Military Museum, 1965 is located on Iaqua Creek south-southeast of Iaqua.
The Jaqua post office opened in 1880, and changed its name to Iaqua later that year. The post office closed in 1903, re-opened in 1909, and closed for good in 1920.
As of 1873, a school was in operation at Iaqua.Kneeland School History It later merged with the Kneeland School.
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