October 3, 2023 – The City of Coralville, Iowa celebrates its Sesquicentennial – 1873-2023 – 150 years since being incorporated as a community in Johnson County.
Much like its sister city – Iowa City, which was founded in 1839 but not incorporated until 1853 – Coralville was first formed as a village by the mid-1840’s, named in 1866, but not actually incorporated until October 3, 1873. At the same time, the leaders of Johnson County decided to form a new township – making the City of Iowa City its own township, while taking everything else surrounding the city and making it into a new township named after Iowa’s first Territorial Governor – Robert Lucas.
By the time of its incorporation, Coralville’s population had grown to almost 300, and it boasted a blacksmith shop, a two-room school house, a wagon shop, a meat market, a lumberyard, a dry good store, and four saloons.
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