Viola Center, Iowa

Viola Center was an unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, in the United States.

[1] Formerly the site of the Viola Center Episcopal Methodist Church, a high school, a post office, a store, and a telephone exchange, Viola Center lost its post office in 1903, its high school in the 1950s, and the telephone company, store, and church.

The Viola Center Cemetery remains about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the former community.

[4] The Viola Center Episcopal Methodist Church was built in 1887; before the building's construction, the congregation gathered locally.

[3] The church was home to many community gatherings, including an annual Christmas Tree program; in 1920, the Christmas Tree gathering at the church was "packed to its utmost capacity", according to the newspaper report in nearby Audubon.

Advertisement for the Viola Center Store, in Viola Center, Audubon County, Iowa
Audubon County, Iowa in 1903, showing the location of Viola Center.
Map of Iowa highlighting Audubon County