>From the 1882 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory:

DYERSVILLE. An incorporated town of 1,200 inhabitants on the Maquoketa river, in Dubuque county, and a station on the I. div. I.C.R.R., 29 miles west of Dubuque (c h). The churches are Methodist, Lutheran, Catholic, Congregational and Episcopal. The schools are public, graded and well organized. One weekly newspaper is published- the Commercial. Shipments, grain, live stock and produce. The surrounding country is particularly adapted to grazing, and it is claimed that Dyersville is one of the important stock markets of the state. Improved land from $40 to $60 per acre. Daily stages to New Vienna, Colesburgh and Elkport. Exp. Am. Tel. W.U. Mail, daily. D.S. Smith, postmaster.

Alsop Charles E, Publisher Dyersville Commercial.
Alsop J D, lawyer.
Ball George F, banker.
Behrns Frank, wagonmaker.
Beitzel M, painter.
Berger H, tailor.
Bigelow & Co (Israel J Bigelow, Junkermann V Haas), druggists.
Bitzan John, confectioner.
Buckman John, livery
Bullinger Francis X, saloon.
Bullinger Mrs. Mary, millner.
Burston Henry, blacksmith.
Chesterman Caleb C, farm implts.
Christoph J, justice of peace.
Clemens Peter, wagonmaker.
Conrad Frank, saloon.
Corcoran Thomas, saloon.
Counsell Charles C, meat market.
Cunningham Daniel, Propr Dyersville House.
Deyen Henry, lumber etc.
Esch Bros (Peter and Nicholas), brewers.
Faha Frank, merchant tailor.
Fischback John P, Propr. Commercial House.
Freiburff John K, baker.
Freymann Peter, propr Pennsylvania House.
Fromm Dr. Lorenz, druggist.
Hinckley Joseph, constable.
Hinckley & Reynolds (Joseph Hinckley, James Reynolds), livery.
Holscher Bros (Henry and Barney), general store.
Huttenmiller John, saloon.
Kelsh Miss Ellen, millinery.
Klocker John, gunsmith.
Kortenkamp Rev. Anton (Catholic).
Krapfl Andrew, lumber and coal.
Kuhn Gottlieb, barber.
Leigh Charles E, sewing machines.
Limback A & Co (Anthony and Joseph Limback), grain and general store.
Lippert Paul, undertaker.
Litchfield Joseph B, dentist.
Long John, insurance agent.
McGee & Armstrong (George McGee, James Armstrong), hardware.
McHogan Wm, marble worker.
Mels Frank, justice of peace.
Morley John, railroad and express agent.
Mosher Allen, telegraph operation.
Muehe August, hardware.
Mueller Andrew, saloon.
Pattie & Trick (Champ W Pattie, Wm Trick), general store.
Pott Mathias, harnessmaker.
Rohenkohl Mrs. Mary, millinery goods.
Rohenkohl & Freiburg (Frank Rohenkohl, Henry J Freiburg), general store.
Rumsey Lyman J, jeweler.
Schemmell J & Co (Joseph Schemmell, Andrew Rahe, John H Schroeder), flour mill.
Schmit Michael, shoemaker.
Schmitt Peter, blacksmith.
Schultz Frank, saloon.
Smedley Rev M T (Methodist).
Smith David S, postmaster and dealer in drugs, books and notions.
Stallard Daniel, harnessmaker.
Summer Ignatz, carriagemaker.
Thill Nicholas, billiard saloon.
Utt Bros (W H, N E and J B), lawyers.
Wallace Samuel R, dentist, a specialty made of gold filling.
Warren & Miedling, wagonmakers.
Weigel Charles, jeweler.