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Delaware County, Iowa
Communities & Townships
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Delaware County Post Offices and Postmasters, 1878 |
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Richland Township Township 90 N., Range 6 N. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Campton | 1 September 1857 | Ethan S. Cowless, 1 Sept 1857 |
| Forestville | 24 April 1851 |
Wm. Turner, 24 Apr 1851 Thos. Hickox, 28 Oct 1854 Enos M. Littlefield, 23 Jun 1856 Nathaniel G. Luken, 21 May 1857 Franklin Emerson, 12 Jan 1859 Hiram D. Wood, 17 Oct 1860 Chas F. Vincent, 7 Jan 1861 Wm. H. Church, 17 Jul 1862 Henrietta Van Kuren, 5 Feb 1864 Walter Moon, 1 May 1868 *Mrs. Henrietta Van Moon,9 May 1870 David M. Noland, 24 Nov 1875 Volney Wheeler, 28 Jun 1776 |
| Mount Hope |
20 June 1851 Discontinued 20 October 1871 |
James A. Ginger, 20 Jun 1851 Stephen R. Reynolds, 14 Dec 1858 Elliott D. Stone, 8 Jun 1861 |
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Honey Creek Township Township 90 N., Range 5 W |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Amarill |
30 July 1857 Discontinued 20 Apr 1858 |
Clark Bliss, 30 Jul 1857 |
| Cold Water |
20 October 1851 Discontinued 20 Jan 1852 Re-established 7 Apr 1854 Discontinued 9 May 1863 |
James Martin, 20 Oct 1851 Wm. Roe, 7 Apr 1854 Wm. Kirkpatrick, 5 Apr 1855 Joseph Mansfield, 19 Feb 1856 Israel Green, 16 Apr 1856 Clark Bliss, 7 May 1859 Israel Green, 25 Jun 1861 |
| Ead's Grove |
15 June 1849 Discontinued 11 November 1850 |
Wm. Eads, 15 Jun 1849 |
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Orrin Glenn Changed to Cold Water |
23 October 1851 Changed on 7 April 1854 |
Orrin S. Boggs |
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Yankee Settlement Now in Clayton County, Iowa (1878) |
12 December 1848 |
Bohan, 12 Dec 1848 F. B. Peet, 23 Mar 1855 |
| York | 12 December 1855 |
George W. Stewart, 12 Dec 1855 Samuel Weeks, 5 Aug 1856 George L. Zabriskie, 10 Oct 1856 Wm. R. Stewart, 9 Nov 1857 George W. Stewart, 9 Sept 1861 Clara M. Stewart, 24 Jan 1863 Selden F. Bush, 3 Nov 1865 Abiel N. Arcott, 25 Nov 1867 |
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Elk Township Township 90 N., Range 4 W |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Greeley, (previous Plum Spring) | 28 April 1863 |
Silas N. Talcott, 28 Apr 1863 Jerome Baker, 7 Dec 1863 Job Gildersleeve, 7 Apr 1871 M. Blodgett, 1 Sept 1876 |
| Plum Spring (changed to Greeley) | 30 October 1854 |
Elias Hutton, 30 Oct 1854 William Cattron, 21 Nov 1855 Jonas L. Coolidge, 29 Feb 1860 Silas N. Talcott, 23 Sept 1861 |
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Colony Township Township 90 N., Range 3 W. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
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Colony Changed to Colesburg |
15 August 1846 3 April 1849 |
David Moreland, 15 Aug 1846 Perry Perkins, 3 Apr 1849 Thomas Cole, 20 Jan 1852 Jacob B. Moreland, 22 Aug 1853 |
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Colesburg Changed to Colony |
22 August 1853 | Hanson T. Wright, 20 Apr 1860 |
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Colony Changed to Colesburg |
3 October 1846 |
Hanson T. Wright, 3 Oct 1846 James M. Potts, 5 Dec 1866 Samuel G. Knee, 23 Mar 1869 |
| Viola |
16 February 1852 Discontinued on 9 Nov 1859 |
Joseph D. Walker, 16 Feb 1852 John Platt, 20 Mar 1854 Joseph D. Walker, 8 Feb 1855 Jacob Platt, 24 Dec 1858 |
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Coffin's Grove Township (Congressional Township) Township 89 N., Range 6 W. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
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Colony Changed to Colesburg |
15 August 1846 3 April 1849 |
David Moreland, 15 Aug 1846 Perry Perkins, 3 Apr 1849 Thomas Cole, 20 Jan 1852 Jacob B. Moreland, 22 Aug 1853 |
| Masonville | 18 February 1860 |
Henry H. Tubbs, 18 Feb 1860 Wm. A. Crowther, 1 Jun 1861 Andrew J. Pease, 17 May 1864 Lucius Kinsman, 4 Mar 1870 Reuben Norton, 1 Aug 1872 |
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Delaware Township Township 89 N., Range 5 W. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
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Delaware Center Changed to Manchester |
1 October 1853 |
Robert F. Korkright, 1 Oct 1853 Allen R. Loomis, 28 Sept 1854 Henry L. Ryan, 8 Apr 1856 |
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Oneida Township Township 89 N., Range 4 W. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Almoral | 24 March 1857 |
Francis Dunham, 24 Mar 1857 Joseph B. Dunham, 4 Nov 1858 |
| Delaware | 19 December 1859 |
James P. Ball, 19 Dec 1959 Wm. M. Hefner, 8 May 1861 David Greaves, 21 Oct 1865 B. M. Gardner, 19 Oct 1870 |
| Earlsville | 12 February 1858 |
Simeon D. Moody, 12 Feb 1858 Chas. B. Stowe, 9 Nov 1858 Jonathan S. Harris, 5 Dec 1860 James G. Verplank, 29 Mar 1861 Cummings Sanborn, 28 Jan 1864 Rinaldo L. Jones, 17 Sept 1867 |
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Breman Township Township 89 N., Range 3 W. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Petersburg | 7 Mar 1874 |
Barney Sasson, 7 Mar 1874 Frederick Rubley, 16 Mar 1875 |
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Prairie Township Township 88 N., Range 6 W. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Barryville | 10 July 1857 | John S. Barry, 10 Jul 1857 |
| Sand Creek |
11 June 1862 Discontinued on 19 January 1864 |
John Miller, 11 Jun 1862 |
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Milo Township Township 88 N., Range 5 W. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Baily's Ford |
17 Jan 1855 Discontinued on 3 Jan 1859 |
Joel Bailey, 17 Jan 1855 Amos H. McKay, 24 Oct 1857 |
| Spring Branch |
4 April 1856 Discontinued on 8 Apr 1856 |
Herman Annis, 4 Apr 1856 |
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Delhi Township Township 88 N., Range 4 W |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Bay |
10 February1862 Discontinued on 4 December 1863 |
Ralph P. Andrews |
| Delhi | 14 March 1844 |
Mary E. A. Hobbs, 14 Mar 1844 Robt. A. Fagg, 22 Jan 1847 Chas. A. Hobbs, 14 May 1847 James E. Anderson, 20 Dec 1849 Zina A. Wellman, 19 Apr 1850 Wm. Price, Apr 14 1853 Alexander G. Hobbs, 9 Nov 1857 Wm. H. Gilles, 19 Nov 1857 Elisha Brady, 30 Mar 1861 Chas H. Gross, 5 Feb 1866 Alexander Gleason, 12 Oct 1870 |
| Green Hill |
8 Aug 1854 Discontinued on 10 Aug 1857 |
Nathan B. Talmadge |
| Hartwick |
20 Jan 1853 Discontinued on 24 Sept 1861 |
John W. Clark, 20 Jan 1853 James Melindy, 1 Jun 1861 |
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North Fork Township Township 88 N., Range 3 W. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Plum Creek |
12 December 1855 Discontinued 27 November 1857 |
Elias Parker, 12 Dec 1855 |
| Rockville |
15 June 1846 Discontinued 19 Jun 1862 Re-established 28 Mar 1873 |
Oliver A.Olmstead, 15 Jun 1846 Philip B. Hogan, 7 Jul 1847 I. M. Custer, 9 Feb 1849 George Ruddlesden, 28 Mar 1873 Frederick Mueller, 9 Apr 1874 Charles P. Georgen, 15 Mar 1878 |
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Adams Township Township 87 N., Range 6 W. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Tower Hill | 29 January 1856 |
James Cromwell, 29 Jan 1856 Michael Beacom, Jr., 1 Sept 1858 James Cromwell, 13 Aug 1863 Bradford W. Kenyon, 26 May 1871 |
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Hazel Green Township Township 87 N., Range 5 W. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Golden Prairie |
7 March 1870 |
Eugene W. Hawley, 7 Mar 1870 Charles Tinkham, 10 Jun 1872 |
| Hazel Green | 18 June 1856 |
Christopher L. Flint, 18 Jun 1856 John P. Dickey, Jr., 13 Dec 1865 Wm. P. Dickey, 14 Jan 1869 |
| Mangoldville |
19 December 1864 Discontinued on 10 April 1866 |
Caroline M. Mangold, 19 Dec 1864 |
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Union Township Township 87 N., Range 89 W |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
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Grove Creek Now in Jones County, Iowa (1878) |
28 September 1854 |
Robt. Hogg, 28 Sept 1854 Nathaniel Ingram, 17 Mar 1855 |
| Uniontown | 27 September 1853 |
Aaron P. Blanchard, 27 Sept 1853 Simon Hussey, 2 Dec 1856 Moses Mallory, 20 Jul 1860 John Mallory, 12 May 1862 Hiram F. Cotton, 10 Nov 1871 Edward F. Barnes, 13 Aug 1873 Miss Alice F. Barnes, 28 Jun 1876 Benjamin P. Miller, 23 Nov 1876 |
| Grove Creek | 26 October 1874 | James H. Hogg, 26 Oct 1974 |
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South Fork Township Township 87 N., Range 3 W. |
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| Post Office | Establishment Date | Postmaster |
| Hopkinton | 28 June 1852 |
Archibald Tate, 28 Jun 1852 George R. Browder, 10 Dec 1853 Henry A. Sanders, 19 Dec 1854 Peter H. Warner, 27 Jun 1856 R. S. Taylor, 29 Mar 1861 Merit Harmon, 16 Aug 1864 Wm. E. Brown, 20 Aug 1866 Peter H. Warner, 18 Dec 1867 Chas. E. Merrian, 11 Aug 1869 |
| Sand Spring | 19 Jun 1858 |
Truman H. Bowen, 19 Jun 1858 William Cline, 16 Apr 1860 Edward H. Sellers, 30 Jan 1861 Robert Elliott, 25 Apr 1863 Orson Henry, 17 Dec 1863 Stephen R. Tuttle, 18 May 1870 Gilbert H. Brown, 20 Oct 1864 |
~ sources: The History of Delaware County, Iowa, Pages 428-431. Published by Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1878.