From

"The Abandoned Towns, Villages and Post Offices of Iowa"

By David C Moss

Reprinted from the Annals of Iowa Vols XVII and XVIII 1930-1932

 
GRUNDY COUNTY

 
ALICE:  In the Southwestern part of Palermo Township.  Post office 1871-97

ANDERSONVILLE:  In Clay Township. Post office 1893

ARROW:  In the southern part of Beaver Township.  Post office 1881

BOIS D'ARC:  In the southeastern part of Grant Twp, as shown on maps from 1863 to 1887.

CONRAD GROVE:  The name of the post office at the present town of Conrad from 1881 to 1885.

DAIRYVILLE:  A hamlet in the southwestern part of Fairfield Twp.  Post office from 1889-1900.

ELIZABETH:  In the northwestern corner of Section 12, Colfax Twp.  Post officer from 1873-1878.

FERN:  A village in section 32, Beaver Twp.  Post office 1903.

FREDSVILLE:  A hamlet in the southeastern part of Fairfield Twp.  Post office 1883-1903.

GREENWOOD:  In the northeastern part of Clay Twp.  Post office 1871.

IVESTER:  In the southwest corner of Section 15, Melrose Twp.  Post office 1893-1903.

JERUSALEM:  A hamlet in the southern part of Section 34, Clay Twp, near where the present town of Beaman now sits.  The post office was at Wadaloup

KINGSBURY:  In the central part of Grant Twp.  Post office from 1880-1885.

LEAR:  In Section 9, Beaver Twp. Post officer 1900-1903

LINCOLN:  In the eastern part of Lincoln Twp.  Post office 1889-1900

LINCOLN CENTER:  In the central part of Lincoln Twp.  Post office 1869-1875.

MELROSE:  On the north side of Section 16, Melrose Twp.  Post office from 1873-1879.

PALERMO:  In the northwestern part of Palermo Twp.  Post office 1873-1875.

TAYLOR HILL:  In the northwestern part of Fairfield Twp.  Post office 1857-1863.

WADALOUP:  The name of the post office (1867-1875) at the hamlet of Jerusalem (see above), near modern day Beaman.