Pilot Mound, IA

Pilot Mound is a city in Pilot Mound Township, Boone County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 163 residents. Pilot Mound is part of the Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area. A post office called Pilot Mound has been in operation since 1865. Southeast Valley High School in Gowrie is that district's comprehensive high school. That mix gives Pilot Mound a clear local shape within Iowa, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. The post office antedates the town's existence. Bluff Creek flows near the town site.