Worth County IAGenWeb

Worth County Towns - past & present

TOWN	LOCATION
Bolan	Barton Twp., sec 20
Bristol	Bristol Twp., section 5 & 8, P.O. est. Oct 30, 1857
Deer Creek	Deer Creek Twp., section 5, P.O. 1890-1907
Elk Creek	located near the Elk Creek Church, west of Kensett, P.O. 1890-1900
Fern	Listed on the Chicago, Great Western Railroad between Manly & Bolan, P.O. Feb 18 - June 28, 1889, later called Polo Station & Glade
Fertile	Fertile Twp., section 34-35
Fontanelle	A town on paper only, near the present town of Fertile
Glade	Listed on the Chicago, Great Western Railroad between Manly & Bolan, P.O. 1900-1904, previously called Fern and Polo Station
Glen Mary	Brookfield Twp., NW 1/4 of section 24, (see 1864 map)
Grafton	Union Twp., section 3
Hanlontown	Danville Twp., section 30 and Fertile Twp., section 25
Hartland	Hartland Twp., section 8 (see 1864 map)
Hirondelle	Danville Twp., eastern part of section3, P.O. 1880-1900
Joice	Bristol Twp., section 28
Kensett	Kensett Twp., section 33
Lansrud	Silver Lake Twp., section 21, P.O. 1889-1902
Lark	Fertile Twp., section 8, P.O. 1884-1887 & 1889-1903
Manly	Lincoln Twp., sections 21-22, 27
Meltonville	Deer Creek Twp., section 25
Nordland	Fertile Twp., section 8, P.O. est. 1879, population in 1893 = 60
Northwood	Grove Twp., sections 28-29 & 32-33
Oakvale	On Minnesota line, P.O. 1859
Polo Station	Listed on the Chicago, Great Western Railroad between Manly & Bolan, P.O. 1889-1900, later called Glade
Shell Rock	near present town of Manly, on 1878 map as a station on Iowa Central Railroad
Silver Lake	1st in Silver Lake Twp, but later in N.W. part of Hartland Twp., P.O. 1867-1906
Somber	Bristol Twp., section 1, P.O. 1881-1906
Tenold	Brookfield Twp., S.W. corner of section 17 and S.E. corner of section 18, P.O. 1881-1906
Wales	Union Twp., P.O. 1870-1871

Sources: (1). Abandoned Towns, Villages, and Post Offices in Iowa, by D. C. Mott (reprinted from Annals of Iowa, vol.17 & 18, 1930-1932) (2). 1864 Map of Worth County, Iowa (3). Standard Historical Atlas of Worth County, Iowa, 1913 (4). IAGenWeb.org - Look Up Cities & Towns, Worth County (5). Worth County Heritage 1853-1976, editors, Myrl E. Stahl & Ellsworth Kisner, p.294 "Early Town Sites"

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