Moravia Map
Moravia is a city in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. The population was 713 at the 2000 census.
Moravia is named for the religious faith. Moravian families left Salem, North Carolina in 1849 to start a colony in the west. Money was sent to purchase forty acres of land for a town site by several benevolent Moravian sisters. It was their wish that town lots be sold and the money be used to build a Moravian Church.The families made the long journey to Iowa and acquired many acres of land.
The town site of Moravia was laid out on June 27, 1850 and was recorded July 15, 1851. The surveying was done using a pocket compass and tapeline for measuring instruments.The old ridge road from Unionville, Iowa to Moravia and west to Iconium, Iowa was the Mormon Trail of 1846 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake, Utah.
Nearby cities include Mystic, Blakesburg, Centerville, Melrose, Plano.