HISTORY: Post Offices and Newspaper in Iowa This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Annette Lucas ClintonRoots@aol.com December 2002 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm SOURCE: The Iowa handbook for 1856 : with a new and correct map Boston: J.P. Jewett and Co., 1856, 188 pgs. List of Post-Offices in Iowa, arranged alphabetically in counties. [NOTE. -- The names of all the counties in the State are given -- those that have no Post-Offices named therein are not yet organized. County-seats are in CAPITALS; newspapers in parenthesis, and published in the towns whose names they immediately follow.] ADAIR COUNTY. Adair Alconus Holaday's Marvin's SUMMERSET Wahtahwah ADAMS COUNTY. Icaria QUINCY ALAMAKEE COUNTY. Bellows Bryson Bunker Hill Capoli Columbus French Creek Grantville Hardin Ion Lansing (Mirror) Lybrand Lycurgus Markee Ossian Painted Rock Postville Rossville Union Prairie Volney Waterville WAWKON Wexford APPANOOSE COUNTY. CENTREVILLE Cincinnati Hibbsville Iconium Mt. Gilead Moravia Milliard Pleasant View Sharon Unionville Wells' Mills AUDUBON COUNTY. Ballard Bear Grove DAYTON Hamlin Grove BENTON COUNTY. Barclay Cedar Falls (Banner) Enterprise Eliza Elk River Knox Laporte City Sturgess Rapids Waterloo (Register & Campaign) BOONE COUNTY. Bellepoint BOONSBORO Mineral Ridge Parkersburgh Rapids Ridge Sweed Point BREMER COUNTY. Neutral Janesville (Herald) Jackson Point WAVERLY (Republican) BUCHANAN COUNTY. Brandon Buffalo Grove Chatham Erin Frink's Grove Greely's Grove INDEPENDENCE (Civilian) Pine Quasqueton Williamsburgh BUTLER COUNTY. Beaver Grove Butler Centre CLARKSVILLE Elm Springs Leoni Willoughby BUENA VISTA COUNTY. BUNCOMBE COUNTY. CALHOUN COUNTY. CARROLL COUNTY. CASS COUNTY. Edna Iranistan LEWIS Lura Pymosa CEDAR COUNTY. Cedar Cambridge Gower's Ferry Harwell Honey Grove Inland Lacton Massilon Onion Grove Pedee Pioneer Grove Red Oak Rochester Rosette Springdale TIPTON (Advertiser and Democrat) West Branch Woodbridge CERRO GORDO COUNTY. Clear Lake Shell Rock Falls Mason City CHEROKEE COUNTY. CLAY COUNTY. CLARKE COUNTY. Bartletteville Glenns Hopeville Hickory Grove Laporte Milford Norris Osceola Ottawa White Breast CLAYTON COUNTY. Brookville Buena Vista Clayton Communia Council Hill Elkader (Tribune) Elkport Farmersburg Garnavillo Girard Grand Meadow GUTENBURG (Herald) High Grove Highland Littleporte Lodomills McGregor's Landing Millville Monona National Newstand Panther Creek Sylvan Strawberry Point Sodomville Volga City CLINTON COUNTY. Boone Spring Brookfield Buena Vista Burgess Camanche Charlotte Cherry Wood Clinton (Register) DEWITT (Clintonian) Elk River Elvira Grand Mound Lyons (Mirror and Advocate) Orange Spring Rock Toronto Welton CHICKASAW COUNTY BRADFORD Chickasaw New Hampton CRAWFORD COUNTY. DALLAS COUNTY ADELL (Ship of State) Boone McKay Uncle Sam Wiscotta DAVIS COUNTY. BLOOMFIELD (Union) Chequist Del Norte Drakesville Floris Monterey Mt. Calvary Nottingham Oak Spring Pulaski Roscoe Salt Creek Savannah Soap Creek Stiles Stringtown Taylor Troy Weeping Willow West Grove DECATUR COUNTY. Decatur Franklin Garden Grove Hungarian Settlement LEON New Buda Nine Eagles Turkey Run DES MOINES COUNTY. Albright's Augusta BURLINGTON (Hawkeye, Gazette, Farmer, and Ed'l Journal) Danville Dale Dodgeville Hawk Eye Huron Hartford Kingston Kossuth Limestone Linton Middletown Northfield Oakland Parish Pleasant Grove South Flint Yellow Springs DELAWARE COUNTY. Bailey's Ford Burrington Coffin's Grove Cold Water Colesburg Colony DELHI (Republican) Delaware Centre Dyersville Forestville Green Hill Grove Creek Hopkinton Hartwick Mount Hope Oakland Orrinden Plum Spring Poultney Rockville Springbranch Uniontown Viola DICKINSON COUNTY. DUBUQUE COUNTY. Alma Aspinwall Buncombe Cascade Centralia Charmingville Cottage Hill DUBUQUE (Republican, North-West, Expr. & Her., and Farmer) Durango Epworth Evergreen Fillmore Glassnevin Hogansville Mileray New Vienna Pin Oak Peru Tivoli Viola Weld's Landing EMMETT COUNTY. FAYETTE COUNTY. Clermont Douglas Eden Eldorado Fayetteville Gamble Grove Illyria Leo Le Roy Linn Louisville Mill Grove Taylorsville Waucoma Windsor WEST UNION (Pioneer) FLOYD COUNTY. Freeman ST. CHARLES (Intelligencer) Floyd Centre Gilmantown FRANKLIN COUNTY. FREMONT COUNTY. Austin Cory Dawsonburgh Gaston Manti McKissack's Grove Osage SIDNEY Tabor GREENE COUNTY. Greenups Havanna JEFFERSON Kendrick GRUNDY COUNTY. Parkersburg GUTHRIE COUNTY. Allen Bear Grove Guthrie Centre (Pioneer) PANORA (Sentinel) Pennsbury HANCOCK COUNTY. HARRISON COUNTY. Calhoun Cincinnati Fountainbleau MAGNOLIA HARDIN COUNTY. Alden ELDORA (Sentinel) Hardin Pt. Pleasant Poughkeepsie Rockwood Rocksylvania Steamboat Rock HENRY COUNTY. East Grove Hillsborough Lowell Marshall MT. PLEASANT (Observer and Home Journal) New London Rome Salem Trenton Vega Wayne Winfield HOWARD COUNTY. Arnoldville Howard Howard Centre Lime Springs NEW OREGON Vernon Springs IDA COUNTY. NEW IDA IOWA COUNTY. Cono Dayton Downard Homestead Jones Kozta MARENGO Millersburg North English Prairie Creek Waubun Williamsburg JACKSON COUNTY. Andrew BELLEVUE (Sentinel) Bridgeport Canton Cobb Cottonville Copper Creek Emeline Farmer's Creek Fulton Garry Owen Hickory Grove Higgensport Iron Hills Lamonte Maquoketa (Excelsior and Sentinel) Monmouth Newton Ozark Rolley Sabula Solon Spring Rock Spruce Mills Sterling Sullivan Summer Hill Van Buren Waterford Wickliffe JASPER COUNTY. Con Elliott Elk Creek Lynville Monroe Morristown North Skunk River NEWTON (Express) Parkersburg JEFFERSON COUNTY. Abingdon Absecom Batavia Brookville Blue Point Deedsville FAIRFIELD (Ledger and Sentinel) Germanville Glasgow Harmony Lockridge Libertyville Pleasant Plain Salina Webster Walnut Creek Wooster JOHNSON COUNTY. Cartharge Copi Frank Pierce Hueston IOWA CITY (Republican, Reporter and Voice of Iowa) Morfordsville Newport Newp't Centre Solon Seventy-Eight Seventy-Seven Shueyville Windham JONES COUNTY. ANAMOSA (Eureka) Bowen's Pr'rie Castle Grove Duane Fairview Madison Monticello Pierce Grove Creek Highl'd Grove Johnson Marshfield Massilon Rome Scotch Grove Walnut Fork Wyoming KEOKUK COUNTY. Butler LANCASTER (Eagle) Olean Richland Sigourney (Life in the West) South English Springfield Steady Run Warner's Mill Webster Wimer's Mills KOSSUTH COUNTY. ALGONA Cresco Dahcotah Johnson's Settlement Humboldt LEE COUNTY. Ambrosia Big Mound Camargo Charleston Denmark Dover FORT MADISON (Argus and Plain Dealer) Green Bay Summitville Keokuk (Med. Journal, Times and Gate City) Montrose New Boston Pilot Grove Primrose Fr'nklin Cn'tre Spring Prairie West Point LINN COUNTY. Boulder Cedar Rapids (Times, Farmer and Democrat) Central Point Forfax Hoosier Grove Ivanhoe Lafayette Lisbon MARION (Register) Mon Dieu Mount Vernon Necot Oak Grove Palo Prospect Hill St. Julian St. Mary's Spring Grove Springville Valley Farm LOUISA COUNTY. Concord Columbus City (Courier) Grand View Harrison Hope Farm Morning Sun Palo Alto Port Allen Port Louisa Spring Glenn Toolsborough Virginia Grove WAPELLO (Intelligencer) LUCAS COUNTY. Argo Cedar Grove CHARITON (Mail) Freeland Greenville La Grange Tallahoma MADISON COUNTY. Bibb's Ridge North Branch Peru St. Charles WINTERSET MARSHALL COUNTY. Albion Le Grand Lafayette MARIETTA Marshaltown Mormon Hill Timber Creek MARION COUNTY. Attica Bennington Columbia Ely English Settlement Gosport Hamilton Iola KNOXVILLE (Journal) Marysville Newbern Pella Pleasantville R. Cedar Mills Red Rock Wheeling MILLS COUNTY. Cerro Gordo California City Florence GLENWOOD (Times) Indian Creek Ingraham St. Mary's Wahoghbonsy MAHASKA COUNTY. Agricola Auburn Bellefontaine Blue Creek Fremont Granville Hopewell Indianopolis Nine Mile OSCALOOSA (Herald and Times) Peoria Rose Hill Scott MONROE COUNTY. Avery ALBIA (Free Press) Cuba Gray's Creek H'fway Prairie Sovilia Lucas Mantua MITCHELL COUNTY. Cora Mitchell OSAGE (Democrat) St. Ansger MONONA COUNTY. ASHTON Preparation MONTGOMERY COUNTY. FRANKFORD Sciola MUSCATINE COUNTY. Centre Grove Fairport Melpine Moscow MUSCATINE (Journal and Enquirer) Pike Strawb'ry Hill Sweetland Centre West Liberty O'BRIEN COUNTY. OSCEOLA COUNTY. PAGE COUNTY. Centre CLARINDA Hawleyville Nodaway Tarkio PALO ALTO COUNTY. PLYMOUTH COUNTY. POCAHONTAS COUNTY. POLK COUNTY. Apple Grove Circleville DEMOINE CITY (Citizen and Statesman) Eckhart Freel Hartman Hopkins Grove Midway Polk City Rising Sun Saylorville Summerset POTTAWATTAMIE CO. Americus Big Grove COUNCIL BLUFFS (Bugle and Chronotype) Macedonia Prairie Flower Silver Creek POWESHEIK COUNTY. Bear Creek Deep River Dresden Grinnell MONTEZUMA (Republican and Gazette) Sugar Grove Victor RINGGOLD COUNTY. MOUNT AIR SAC COUNTY. NEW MUNICH SCOTT COUNTY. Allen's Grove Amity Big Rock Blue Grass DAVENPORT (Gazette, Temp. Organ, Der Demokrat and Democrat) Fulton Le Claire LeClaire Ce'tre Linn Grove Pleasant Valley Princeton Walnut Grove West Buffalo Walcot SHELBY COUNTY. SHELBYVILLE SIOUX COUNTY. STORY COUNTY. Goshen Nevada TAMA COUNTY. Buckingham Indiantown Kinisaw Ola Red Man Tamaville TOLEDO (Tribune) TAYLOR COUNTY. Grove Gravity UNION COUNTY. AFTON Kings VAN BUREN COUNTY. Bentonsport Birmingham Bonaparte Business Corner Farmington Gainesborough Home Iowaville KEOSAQUA (Union) Lebanon Lick Creek Milton Mt. Sterling New Market Oak Point Pameka Philadelphia Pittsburg Portland Union Upton Utica Vernon (Mirror) Winchester WARREN COUNTY. Carlisle Dorriville Fort Plain Greenhurst Hammondsb'g Handsome View Hartford INDIANOLA (Republican) Lynn Montpelier Palmyra Plainville Sandyville Wilmington White Oak WASHINGTON COUNTY. Amboy Brighton Clay Crawfordsville Davis Creek Dutch Creek Marcellus Pottsville Richmond Valley WASHINGTON (Press) Wassonville Yatton WAYNE COUNTY. Bethlehem Cambria CORYDON Freedom Grand River South Fork Warsaw WAPELLO COUNTY. Ageney City Ashland Blakesburg Dahlonega Dorrville Eddyville (Commercial) Fountain Sp'g Greene Chillicothe Competine Cotton Grove Kirkville OTTUMWA (Courier) Pleasant Lake Point Isabelle WEBSTER COUNTY. Border Plains Cresco (no P.O. yet) FORT DODGE Dakotah Homer Webster City (Homest'd Jour.) WINNESHEIK COUNTY. Burr Oak Calmar Castalia DECORAH (Sentinel) Ft. Atkinson Frankville Freeport Moneek Old Mission Ossian Trout River Winnesheik WINNEBAGO COUNTY. WOODBURY COUNTY. Floyd's Bluff SIOUX CITY Serg'nt's Bluff Smithland WORTH COUNTY. Bristol WRIGHT COUNTY.