From the 1882 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory: Dillon, Marshall County, Iowa Contributed by Cathy Labath ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DILLON. Is located on the C. I. Ry. in Marshall county, 8 miles southeast of Marshalltown (c h), which contains the nearest bank, and 46 in an air line northeast of Des Moines. The village has 200 inhabitants, a free school, and the chief shipment is grain. Exp. , U.S. Tel, W.U. Mail, daily. D. H. Pemberton, postmaster. Ackley W O, blacksmith. Burnquist C A, general store. Foster Dr H J, druggist. Lentz Henry, saloon. Pemberton D H, Books and Stationery. Russell W & Son, grain, stock and coal. Ryerson R, lumber. Sander George W, physician. Sweet J B, railroad and express agent. Weaver J, blacksmith. ====================================================================== 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 ======================================================================