Waterville, IA

Waterville is a city in Paint Creek Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 109 residents. The first settlement in the neighborhood of what would become Waterville was in 1850. In 1854, Nathaniel Beebe erected the Waterville Mill. A newcomer can read Waterville through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Waterville comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Waterville is 14 miles from Waukon and 9 miles from the Mississippi River, on the north bank of Paint Creek. At Waterville, the Paint Creek canyon is 150 feet deep, bounded by almost vertical cliffs of Oneota Dolomite.