From the 1882 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory: Dallas, Marion Co., Iowa Contributed by Cathy Labath ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DALLAS. In Marion county, 14 miles southwest of Knoxville, its shipping point. It has 2 churches, a free school, and 75 inhabitants. Shipments, hogs and cattle. Mail stages tri-weekly to Newbern and Knoxville; fare, 20 and 45 cents respectively. H. P. Campbell, postmaster. Anderson Grasen, blacksmith. Auld J H, druggist. Bucklew Wm, justice of peace. Burrell A L, carpenter. Davis P B, live stock. Finartz & Auld, physicians. Goff Bros, general store. Goff L, coal miner. Ingles & Willis, general store. Jumper Wm, justice of peace. Prosser A, hotel propr. Rames Isaac, blacksmith. Vangorder H, painter. Willis R, meat market. Wilson C H, wagonmaker. ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for their private use as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Prepared for the Iowa Archives by: Cathy Labath ======================================================================