Tree delivery and planting in Iola

The ground in Grimes County: Upland soils cover much of Grimes County: gray sandy loams over clayey subsoils. Along the rivers and main creeks, Grimes County's bottomland soils are dark, loamy to clayey alluvium, and prairies of Wilson clay blackland soil run through the south of the county. (source)

Trees that already grow around Iola: Grimes County sits in a transition zone: post oak savannah to the north and west, and to the south and east a mix of forest and prairie with dense stands of oak, elm, pecan and mesquite. (source)

The weather in Grimes County to plan planting around: Grimes County averages 40.5 inches of rain a year and a growing season of 278 days; July highs average 96°F and January lows 40°F. (source)

About Iola: Iola is believed to be named for Edward Ariola, one of Stephen F. Austin's colonists. The community's first church, Zion Methodist, was built in 1852 and also served as a schoolhouse. Two railroads extended lines through Iola in 1906 and 1907, and a new townsite was laid out along the tracks. Residents voted to incorporate in November 2007, making Iola the fifth incorporated city in Grimes County. Iola lies on Farm Road 39 at the headwaters of Ragan Creek in northwestern Grimes County. After the railroads arrived, Iola gained a print shop and a newspaper, the Iola Enterprise, published by the Zion Methodist pastor Rev. A. J. Frick. Iola's growth after the railroads arrived included a local bank, the Iola State Bank, which was organized in 1909. (source, source)