From the 1882 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory: Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa Contributed by Cathy Labath ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DANBURY. On the Maple river and on the Maple river br. of the C. & N. W. Ry, in Woodbury county, 45 miles southeast of Sioux City (c h). It has free schools, ships grain and farm products, and has semi weekly stages to Sioux City. Exp., Am. Tel., W.U. Mail, daily. Daniel Thomas, postmaster. Carroll G E, general store. (?Fr)entres T W, auctioneer. Hand & McCook, hardware. Haskins G W, blacksmith. Herrington Lewis, saloon. Hose M, railroad and express agent. Jones Hiram, saloon. Jones S H T, saloon. Kesley Hugh, hotel propr. Koskens J W, blacksmith. Loucks P C, druggist. Thomas Daniel, grocer ====================================================================== 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 ======================================================================