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Ball Apr 15 1910 Range 26 Ball Creek Jul 15 1924/ Sec 7, Twp 14, Combs Named for Ball Creek Sep 16 1924 Range 26 Beulah May 24 1880/ Sec 14, Twp 13, St. Paul Was to be called Gunter Mar 8 1886 Range 26 Blaire Mar 21 1882/ Sec 21, Twp 14, St. Paul Ê Mar 05 1883 Range 26 Boston Aug 03 1880/ Sec 31, Twp 14, Ê Ê >1971 Range 24 Butler's Creek Jan 5 1846/ Ê Ê Ê Jul 24 1846 Campsie Dec 12 1898/ Sec 19, Twp 13, St. Paul Ê Apr 26 1899 Range 26 Canuck Jan 22 1897/ Sec 33, Twp 19, Ê Was to have been Cook for 1914 Range 27 Samuel Cook, postmaster. Name Chgd to Rock May 22 1914. Chaplin Dec 28 1892/ Sec 21, Twp 18, Rockhouse Local name was Hawkins Store Apr 15 1929 Range 25 Clifty Sep 22 1858/ Sec 7, Twp 18, Ê Ê > 1971 Range 26 Ê Cody Oct 2 1895/ Sec 18, Twp 14, Boston Orig established as Keeton - Aug 14 1902 Range 25 chgd Nov 16 1895 Combs Jan 24 1888 Sec 2, Twp 13, Ê Named for Hiram Combs, Range 27 postmaster. Crosses Dec 12 1889/ Sec 24, Twp 14, Ê Ê 1957 Range 28 Delaney Sep 30 1878/ Sec 24, Twp 14, Ê Ê 1966 Range 28 Drake's Creek Feb 24 1868/ Sec 29, Twp 16, Ê Named for Drake's Creek 1954 Range 27 Drop Feb 19 1902/ Ê Ê Ê 1902 Dunaway Jun 30 1890/ Sec 21, Twp 15, Drake's Creek Ê Sep 04 1890 Range 27 Dutton Sep 20 1878/ Sec 6, Twp 13, Ê Ê > 1971 Range 25 Fancher May 11 1887/ Sec 3, Twp 18, Clifty Ê Jan 17 1896 Range 26 Flint Mar 23 1896/ Sec 4, Twp 17, Hindsville Ê Mar 15 1900 Range 26 Forum Jun 05 1890/ Sec 23, Twp 18, Ê Ê > 1971 Range 26 Friley's Creek Apr 28 1875/ Sec 27, Twp 13, Ê Named for Friley's Creek Apr 5 1876 Range 25 Garden Mar 03 1902/ Ê Ê Ê Jun 21 1902 Grant Dec 26 1850/ Sec 25, Twp 15, Ê Named War Eagle at first. Jan 18 1898 Range 26 Changed to Witter Jan 29 1898. Hart/ Jun 03 1908/ Sec 19, Twp 17, Ê Named for James S. Hart. Hartwell 1942 Range 26 Name chgd to Hartwell Jan 11 1910. Helth/ Feb 19 1884/ Sec 11, Twp 13, Ê Moved from Washington Cty in Health 1947 Range 28 1884 Hindsville Dec 01 1868 Sec 16, Twp 17, Ê Ê Range 27 Huntsville Dec 06 1837 Sec 34, Twp 17, Ê Name chgd from Sevierville Range 26 Jan 17 1840 India Feb 7 1881/ Sec 22, Twp 13, Boston Ê Jun 29 1882 Range 24 Japton May 01 1900/ Sec 13, Twp 15, Ê Ê 1962 Range 27 Jarea Mar 03 1902/ Sec 6, Twp 16, Truth Was to be called Noel. Dec 31 1908 Range 25 Jordan Jun 03 1908/ Sec 7, Twp 14, Pettigrew Named for George W. Jordan Sep 15 1924 Range 25 Judea Mar 28 1890/ Sec 16, Twp 14, Red Star Ê Oct 14 1911 Range 24 Jupiter Feb 15 1840/ Sec 14 Twp 14, Ê Ê Oct 22 1874 Range 28 Keeton Oct 02 1895/ Sec 18, Twp 14, Ê Name chgd to Cody. Nov 16 1895 Range 25 Kingman Jul 22 1898/ Sec 12, Twp 14, Venus Name was to be Maine May 14 1906 Range 25 Kingston Oct 07 1856 Sec 16, Twp 16, Ê Ê Range 24 La Rue Dec 27 1867 Sec 2, Twp 19, Ê Location is in Benton Co. Range 28 Originally called Jenning's Ferry Lanson/ Mar 14 1906/ Sec 35, Twp 15, Ê Name chgd to Townsley in 1913 Townsley 1927 Range 24 On Jul 13 1907 Lanson was in Newton County. In 1918 the P. O. called Townsley was chgd back to Madison County. Name was to have been Elba. Little Spring Dec 13 1853/ Sec 18, Twp 17, Ê Name was to have been Antoine. 1959 Range 27 Became Spring Valley in 1876 and was moved to Sec 2, Twp 17, Range 28 in Washington Co. Louisa Nov 01 1887/ Sec 4, Twp 13, St. Paul Ê Mar 27 1888 Range 26 Loy Apr 14 1905/ Sec 29, Twp 16, Ê Name was to have been Arno. 1954 Range 24 Mante/ May 14 1890/ Sec 12, Twp 16, Huntsville Ê Mantee Jul 15 1927 Range 27 Maguire's Store Ê Ê Ê See Titsworth Marble Nov 26 1852/ Sec 12, Twp 17, Ê Discontinued Jul 09 1866; > 1971 Range 24 re-established Mar 12 1867. Mills Feb 4 1888/ Ê Louisa Ê Mar 22 1888 Mountain Mill Aug 14 1874/ Sec 1, Twp 14, Ê Ê Dec 22 1874 Range 25 Mullensville Mar 26 1883/ Sec 29, Twp 13, St. Paul Names for Calvin Mullen, Postmaster May 14 1883 Range 27 Location is now in Franklin County. Ovid Nov 14 1904/ Sec 7, Twp 17, Hindsville Names was to have been Shales Oct 15 1908 Range 26 Patrick Aug 24 1889/ Sec 31, Twp 14, Ê Ê > 1971 Range 27 Peak Sep 18 1900/ Ê Ê Ê Nov 20 1900 Pettigrew Apr 5 1898 Sec 4, Twp 13, Ê Ê Range 25 Poynorville Nov 20 1876/ Sec 20, Twp 19, Ê Named for John W. Poynor, Postmaster Oct 21 1878 Range 25 Pritchett Nov 06 1903/ Ê Ê Ê Jun 13 1904 Purdy Apr 28 1896/ Sec 32, Twp 17, Huntsville Was to have been named Grigg or Debs 1950 Range 24 Redstar Sep 04 1902/ Sec 21, Twp 14, Ê Name was to have been Birnie > 1971 Range 24 Regincy Mar 28 1892/ Sec 5, Twp 15, Aurora Ê Nov 28 1892 Range 26 Richland Creek Ê Ê Ê See Titsworth Rock Jul 9 1910/ Sec 33, Twp 19, Clifty See Canuck Dec 31 1929 Range 27 Rockhouse Jun 12 1888/ Sec 3, Twp 19, Ê Ê 1944 Range 25 Roxton Jun 18 1908/ Sec 26, Twp 16, Wesley Ê Jun 16 1915 Range 27 St. Paul Sep 19 1840 Sec 7, Twp 13, Ê Ê Range 26 Saint Peter/ Jul 01 1840/ Sec 24, Twp 15, Ê Ê St. Peter Jun 22 1841 Range 26 Spoke Plant Jan 16 1915/ Sec 19, Twp 13, Pettigrew Ê 1954 Range 24 Statesville Aug 23 1889/ Ê Ê Ê 1890 Suggs Dec 1887/ Sec 5, Twp 16, Kingston Ê Dec 24 1888 Range 24 Thompson Jul 07 1887/ Sec 34, Twp 15, Durham Named for John S. Thompson, 1935 Range 28 postmaster. Thorney/ Mar 18 1901/ Sec 10, Twp 15, Elkins Ê Thorny 1954 Range 28 Titsworth 1832/ Sec 20, Twp 16, Ê Est. as Richland Creek - 1888 Range 28 location is now in Washington Cty. Chgd to Titsworth w/location to Madison Cty in 1847. Chgd to Maguire's Store in 1853 - in Washington Cty. Townsley/ Mar 14 1906/ Sec 35, Twp 15, Weathers Established as Lanson Lanson Nov 15 1923 Range 24 Jul 13 1907 designated in Newton Cty. Lanson chgd to Townsley in 1913. Townsley chgd back to Madison Cty in 1918. Truth Jan 20 1900/ Sec 34, Twp 17, Huntsville Ê 1936 Range 25 Venquin Jul 10 1915/ Sec 20, Twp 15, Japton Local name was "Jackson Sep 15 1917 Range 26 Creek" Venus Jul 07 1897/ Sec 26, Twp 15, Boston Ê 1934 Range 25 War Eagle #1 Jan 5 1846/ Sec 8, Twp 17, Ê 1 mile northwest of now Feb 27 1847 Range 27 Hindsville War Eagle #2 Dec 26 1850/ Sec 25, Twp 15, Ê Located at now Witter Jan 03 1876 Range 26 War Eagle #3 1876/ Ê Ê First called War Eagle Mills 1967 - in Benton County Weathers Dec 01 1906/ Sec 3, Twp 15, Ê Name chgd in 1894 to War > 1971 Range 24 Eagle Wesley Jan 14 1854 Sec 26, Twp 16, Ê 1868 - transferred to Range 28 Washington Cty - Sec 29, Twp 16, Range 28.In 1874 transferred to Madison Cty again in Sec 26. Wharton Mar 12 1886/ Sec 16, Twp 16, Huntsville Name was to have been 1954 Range 25 Harrisville, for Jas. B. Harris, postmaster. Whitener Apr 20 1885/ Sec 18, Twp 17, Ê Named for William J. 1945 Range 27 Whitner, postmaster Witter Jan 29 1898 Sec 25, Twp 15, Ê Named in honor of Elias Range 26 Witter, a well-respected businessman. Information on this list was assembled by Peggy Rogers from "Madison County Musings" articles.