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Audubon County, Iowa Post Offices

Present Post Offices

NamesEstablished
AudubonMay 12, 1871
BraytonFebruary 27, 1880
ExiraJune 27, 1856
GrayJanuary 30, 1882
HamlinJune 24, 1873
KimballtonJanuary 16, 1882


Obsolete Post Offices

NamesEstablishedDiscontinued
Audubon CenterDecember 13, 1877September 30, 1867
Audubon HeightsJune 13, 1877
  (name changed to Conkling)February 28, 1881
Civil PointJanuary 8, 1879July 26, 1880
ConklingJune 14, 1894
Exline (site changed to Appanoose county)January 14, 1878
Fiscus (site changed to Shelby county)September 8, 1898March 15, 1908
Grove (late Hamlin Grove)August 30, 1888
Hamlin Grove (name changed to Grove)October 1, 1853June 24, 1873
HoraceMarch 19, 1878September 26, 1894
IrwinJune 6, 1871March 26, 1879
Jobes (site changed to Guthrie County)January 2, 1877January 17, 1903
LouisvilleFebruary 6, 1872January 21, 1880
LarlandApril 30, 1890May 15, 1902
LeroyvilleMay 16, 1871November 8, 1878
MelvilleFebruary 19, 1878October 24, 1891
OakfieldOctober 22, 1858November 29, 1881
Orleans (site changed to Appanoose county)May 4, 1860
PoplarMarch 30, 1892March 15, 1908
PriceFebruary 9, 1886August 17, 1889
RossAugust 23, 1883**Unknown
ThompsonOctober 7, 1872February 24, 1880
Viola CenterMarch 6, 1878March 21, 1903


**The Ross post office was still open in 1915 (when this book was published) but has since been discontinued. Accordingly Ross has been moved to the "Obsolete" list. The exact date of discontinuation has not yet been found.

Transcribed from History of Audubon County Iowa, Its People, Societies and Institutions, Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen and Company, Inc., 1915, pg. 296-297.