Augusta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place situated on the Skunk River in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States.

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.

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