Towns

Greene County Iowa

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Towns & Abandon Towns

Railroads were the foundation of many of the towns. The necessities of the people and the shrewd calculations of men who saw more money for themselves in a farm platted into town lots and covered with buildings than in an ordinary quarter section acreage under the best cultivation. There were 10 postoffices. +

Town	Location	History **
+*Adaza (was Cottonwood)**	sec 7, Highland Twp	non inc. 1882; Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul RR
*Angus (Coal Town)**	sec 36, Washington Twp, S of Surry; part of town in sec 31, Union Twp, Boone Co.	non inc 1880;
Cedar Creek	central Cedar Twp 1869-81
+Churdan	Highland Twp	inc 29 Apr 1884; Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul RR
*'Coon Siding or Raccoon Siding	settlement along Raccoon River; sec 9, Jackson Twp
+Cooper	Franklin Twp	born 1881; no other dates; Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul RR
+Dana	Junction Twp	inc. 1907; M&ST.L RR
Eureka	sec 11, Jackson Twp

+Farlin	Bristol Twp	1886; Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul RR
Forbes Station	betw Jefferson & Farlin	before 1884;
+Grand Junction	Junction Twp	inc. 1873; M&ST.L RR; Chicago & NW RR
*Graveley	along Hwy 30, between Jefferson and Scranton
Green Castle	SW Washington Twp 1857-1862
Greenops	central Kendrick Twp 1855-1857
Greys	central Cedar Twp 1868-69
Hardin	4 mi SE of Jefferson Grant Twp near Hardin Creek
Havanna	NW Kendrick Twp 1857-1862
*Hope	railroad station; sec 1, Paton Twp
+Jefferson	Grant Twp	Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul RR; Chicago & NW RR
Kendrick	central Kendrick Twp 1863-67
New Jefferson	1859-1867; now the present city of Jefferson
Northville	northern Kendrick Twp, then moved to S Cedar Twp 1865-81
Paduca	SE Washington Twp 1857-68
+Paton	Paton Twp	inc 1883?; M&ST.L RR
+Rippey	sec 7 Washington Twp 1857-80; when railroad was built 4 mi to the E, "Old Rippey" was moved to the present town of Rippey	inc "old Rippley" prior to 1870; Rippley inc June 1896; M&ST.L RR
*Sarney	Cedar Twp
+Scranton (City)	present town of Scranton from 1880-89	inc Jul 1880; Chicago & NW RR
Scranton Station	present town of Scranton from 1869-80
++*Surry or Surry Town	sec 26, Washington Twp betw. Rippey and Angus	small mining town on Snake Creek, no dates
*Winkleman Switch	railroad station; Sec 28, Grant Twp

Sources:

Mott, D.C. Abandoned Towns, Villages and Post Offices of Iowa, J.W. Hoffman & S.L. Purington Publishers, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1973 as reprinted from The Annals of Iowa, Vols. XVII & XVIII 1930-1932.

*personal recollections of local historians; not listed in above source

+ 1907 were 10 Post offices & **

++ Post Offices in 1887

** Stillman, B. E. Past and Present of Greene County, IA (1907) starting at page 153

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