Lakonta is an unincorporated community in Mahaska County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.

[1] Lakonta was platted in 1900.

[2] The name Lakonta is of Native American origin meaning "blacksmith".

[2] A post office was established as Lakonta in 1900, renamed Truax in 1926, and the post office closed in 1934.

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