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CHAPTER XVIII.

TOWNS AND VILLAGES. (CONT'D)

From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
by H. F. Andrews

HAMLIN STATION.

The town of Hamlin Station was laid out on the southeast quarter of section l0, Hamlin township, by J. Lewis Drew, on November l0, 1890. The following named persons have been among the residents of the town: Mordicai Hutton, Henry Young, Samuel Atkinson, John E. McGuire, Charles Higgins, Nels Rattenborg, J. P. M. Jensen, Simon Christensen, Peter Reisgaard, Hans P. Mortensen, Mrs. Petersen, Chris. Johnson, Fred Heilman, Philip Young, S. D. Coonrod, Hans J. Hansen, Hans Aagaard, Wilhelm Olesen, Victor Nelson, Jacob Sandbeck, Mrs. Mary C. Haahr, Soren Sandbeck, Hans Carstensen, John McNutt.

These have been postmasters: James Elrod. William McGuire, Chris. Justensen, Thomas Brahn, Robert H. Garnett, Knut J. Petersen.

Population, eighty-five.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Postmaster, Knut J. Petersen; railroad agent--T. O. McCarthy; school teacher--Grace Lee; hotel--Karen Mortensen; Farmers Savings Bank--L. C. Christoffersen, cashier; garage--Cal Belcher; blacksmith, Rasmus Johansen; general stores--Hans J. Johnson, C. P. Christensen; hardware--Nels Mortensen; barber and billard parlor--Will Krohn; lumber dealer and cement works--Fred O. Anderson, manager; creamery--Marinus Nielsen, manager; grain and stock dealer--Peter Nelson; drayman--Gill Petty.

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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, November, 2018, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, page 286.