Post Offices
in Tama County, Iowa


Transcribed by William Haloupek on 10 Nov 2014, from one page of
Iowa Post Offices 1833-1986 by Alan H. Patera and John S. Gallagher.


C means Changed
re means Re-established
OP means Operating
RB means Rural Branch


Post Office Notes Established Discontinued Mail To
Badger Hill
30 Oct 1867 12 Jul 1880 Gladbrook
Berlin
27 Dec 1883 9 Jul 1918 C to Lincoln
Bovina
14 Jan 1868 26 Dec 1873 Buckingham
Bruner
22 Jul 1856 22 Nov 1858
Buckingham
12 Aug 1853 23 Mar 1854
    re
6 Aug 1858 6 Oct 1859
    re
20 Mar 1860 2 Apr 1875 Traer
    re
31 May 1900 OP
Butlerville Formerly Indian Town 15 Jul 1856 14 Feb 1901 Montour
Chelsea
22 Jul 1862 1 Sep 1862
    re
20 Mar 1863 OP
Clutier
29 May 1900 OP
Coldville
21 May 1872 22 Aug 1881 Gladbrook
Collins Grove
21 May 1857 20 Mar 1860
Connell
16 May 1872 19 Nov 1880 Traer
Crystal
14 Sep 1857 20 Feb 1861
    re
18 Jun 1861 30 Jun 1902 Traer
De Novo
19 Dec 1879 14 Jan 1880 C to Garwin
Disndale
30 Dec 1889 30 Nov 1956 C to RB of Reinbeck
Dinsdale RB
1 Dec 1956 14 Jan 1967 Reinbeck
Dryden
23 Jan 1868 12 Oct 1881 Waltham
Dysart Formerly Ettie 3 Jan 1873 OP
Elberon
9 Jan 1882 OP
Ettie
24 Sep 1869 2 Jan 1873 C to Dysart
Eureka
16 Sep 1856 26 Aug 1859
Evergreen
11 Jan 1869 15 Nov 1900 Dysart
Fairhaven
12 Jun 1872 1 Nov 1883 Gladbrook
    re
4 Dec 1883 14 Nov 1891 Gladbrook
Fifteen Mile Formerly Fifteen Mile Grove 18 Jun 1883 1 Nov 1900 Grundy Center
Fifteen Mile Grove
8 May 1867 17 Jun 1883 C to Fifteen Mile
Forks
18 Feb 1861 29 Jun 1866
Fox Point
18 Jun 1879 9 May 1881 Walthoe
Garwin Formerly De Novo 15 Jan 1880 OP
Geneseo
24 Mar 1888 28 Feb 1895 Traer
Gladbrook
26 May 1880 OP
Gladstone
7 Apr 1882 15 Apr 1935 Tama
Haven
16 Nov 1870 15 Jun 1903 Tama
Heath
10 Jan 1859 17 Aug 1861
Helena
21 Aug 1856 6 Oct 1859
    re
11 Jun 1860 15 Feb 1896 Tama
Howard
14 Feb 1868 30 Dec 1868 Toledo
Indian Town
27 Feb 1854 14 Jul 1856 C to Butlerville
Irving Formerly West Irving 5 Jan 1875 12 Oct 1881 Belle Plaine
    re In Benton County 1891-1895 and 1901-1904 27 Jan 1882 30 Apr 1919 Belle Plaine
    re
22 May 1919 31 Jul 1935 Elberon
Iuka
19 Feb 1863 19 Dec 1866 C to Tama City
Kara
5 Dec 1877 9 Mar 1880 Toledo
Kinisaw
27 Feb 1854 20 Aug 1864 Chelsea
Lincoln Formerly Berlin 10 Jul 1918 OP
Long Point
24 Jul 1890 30 Dec 1893 Gladstone
    re Officially spelled “Longpoint” from 1 Dec 1895 to about 1905 15 Oct 1894 15 Nov 1920 Tama
Midland
24 Mar 1888 15 May 1902 Buckingham
Montour Formerly Orford 8 Apr 1873 OP
Mooreville
19 Jul 1871 15 Nov 1900 Dysart
Oakwood
21 Jul 1868 28 Sep 1868 Toledo
Ola
8 Aug 1854 23 Oct 1863 Iuka
Orford
16 Aug 1864 7 Apr 1873 C to Montour
Potter
2 Jan 1882 31 Oct 1893 Dunbar
    re
28 Jul 1894 14 Aug 1906 Tama
Ramona
6 Jul 1888 31 Mar 1890 Tama
Redman
28 Sep 1854 6 Jun 1863 West Irving
Salt Creek
14 Jun 1893 30 Apr 1894 Traer
Spring Creek
21 May 1857 16 Jun 1880 Badger Hill
Tama Formerly Tama City, Formerly Iuka 11 Apr 1887 OP
Tama City Formerly Iuka 20 Dec 1866 10 Apr 1887 C to Tama
Tamaville
16 May 1855 26 Oct 1863 Toledo
Toledo
13 Dec 1853 OP
Traer Formerly Wolf Creek 21 Aug 1873 OP
Vineyard
3 Jun 1879 23 Jan 1879 Montour
Vining
21 Mar 1882 OP
Waltham
23 May 1863 16 May 1884 Elberon
West Irving
9 Nov 1858 4 Jan 1875 C to Irving
Wolf Creek
21 May 1857 20 Aug 1873 C to Traer
Kinno
30 Jan 1894 2 Jun 1894 No Papers
Otterman
25 Mar 1896 Never OP


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