Lakonta is an unincorporated community in Mahaska County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Lakonta was platted in 1900. The name Lakonta is of Native American origin meaning "blacksmith". A post office was established as Lakonta in 1900, renamed Truax in 1926, and the post office closed in 1934.
Lakonta's population was 21 in 1915.