Sabula is a city in Jackson County, Iowa, United States.

Sabula is the northern terminus of U.S. Route 67, a 1,560 mile (2,511 km) long north–south highway in the Central United States.

The southern terminus of the route is at the United States–Mexico border in Presidio, Texas.

[4] Sabula is a name of French origin meaning "sand"; this refers to the sandy soil of the area.

[5] In the late 19th century the principal industries in the community included a large "pearl button" factory—which produced buttons from clam shells harvested from large clam beds located in the river adjacent to the shoreline.

The thriving community also supported a large hog slaughtering industry.

The community did not actually become an island until the lock and dam system was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers on the upper Mississippi in the 1930s.

13 between Clinton, Iowa and Fulton, Illinois in 1939 left the lowlands west of the townsite permanently flooded, creating the "Island City," as the town is now known.

In 1974 the Fire Chief created the Emergency Unit and brought the first trained EMTs to the city drawn from firemen.

Sabula has a public works department that plows the roads in winter and provides other services.

[14] At one point the former East Central district entered into a grade-sharing relationship with the Northeast Community School District, in that East Central residents attended Northeast secondary schools.

[15] Sabula previously had a school in the community, and it first met in a settler's home in 1838.

[16] By circa 2012 the leadership of what would be the Easton Valley district was seeking to close the Sabula school due to potential future upkeep costs and because of how old it was.

[17] The Sabula school remained vacant until 2015, when the Easton Valley board voted unanimously in favor of demolishing it.

The school district and the city government both agreed to demolition after considering other options and uses.