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Benton County was named after Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri
Establised in 1843
Listed below are names and descriptions of Benton County towns
and villages, many have long ago disappeared,
Some became a part of other towns, that are still in existance
today.
The list below was taken from the Annuls of Iowa Vols. XVII & XVIII.
Used with permission from the State Historical Society of Iowa
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BENTON. Former name of the present town of Garrison.
BENTON CENTER. Near the southeast corner of Big Grove Township.
Post office, 1869
BENTON CITY. IN the southwestern part of section 20, Benton Township, just
south of the Cedar River. The plat was filed in 1856. The B.C.R.& N., built in
1869 missed it, after which it declined. Pos office, 1854-59.
BERKELEY. In floence Township, about one mile eastr of the present town of
Norway, as shown on maps of 1863.
BEULAH. (Late Potato Hill). In northwestern part of Conton Township. Post
Office, 1857.
BROOKLYN. On both sides of the line betwwn Benton and Black Hawk counties
Surveyed in 1856 and plat filed in 1857. Not shown on maps. Seems not to have
materialized.
BUCKEYE. In Iowa Township, about three miles east of Belle Plaine. Post
office, 1862=-67.
BURKE. In section 11, Harrison Township. Post office, 1853-89.
DAGGETT. In southwestern part of Jackson Township, as shown on maps of 1863.
Post office, 1863.
EDEN. A hamlet in southwest corner of section 1, Eden Township. As shown on
maps of 1875.
FLORENCE. In section 20, forence Topwnship. Post office, 1863-75. Name
changed to Norway.
FREMONT. In 1849 the county seat was removed to a location which is now in
the northern part of the present city Vinton. A town was laid out there and named
Fremont. This name was changed to Vinton in 1853.
GENEVA. A hamlet in western ;part of section 3, Big Grove Township, as shown
on maps of 1862-75.
GILLESPIE. In Eldorado Township. Post office, 1889-93.
GOMBERAL. In northern part of Big Grove Townsip. Post office, 1858-64.
GRAND GOLF. In the southeast quarter of section 17, Taylor Township.
Surveyed in 1854. Now included in the northwestern part of the city of Vinton.
GUINNVILLE. In the southeastern part of the northeast quarter of section
30, Iowa Township. Platted in 1856. Post office, 1856-61. On the laying out of
Belle Plaine in 1860 this village declined.
HOOSIER POINT. In the northwestern quarter of section 34, Polk Township.
Later called Maryhsville, which see below.
IRVING. In the northwest quarter of section 6, Iowa Township, Established
about 1860. A part of this busy village was over the county line to the west, in
Tama County. The orginal Village has disappeared. See Annals of Iowa, vol. XV,
pp. 536-41.
LINWOOD. In southwestern part of Florence Township. Post office, 1856-63.
LONDON. In southern part of Fremont Township. Post office, 1861-64. Name
changed to Robin.
MANATHEKA. In sections 26 and 35, Polk Township. It was platted in 1857,
was adjoining Marysville on the east and was considered an addition to that town.
MARYSVILLE. In the northeast quarter of section 34, Polk Township (see
Hoosier Point). Marysville was platted in 1847, the first town laid out in the
county. Post office, 1848-1857, when the name of the post office and town was
changed to Urbana.
NORTHPORT. The orginal counthy seat, selected adn named in 18456. plat was
not filed until 1848 when the name was changed to Vinton. Now included in the
eastern part of the present city of Vinton.
PAUL. In the southwest corner of section 6, Homer Township. Post office,
1857-65.
PICKAWAY. In the southwestern part of Union Township. Post office, 1857-65.
POTATO HILL. In the northwestern part of Canton Township. Post office,
1851-52. Name changed to Beulah, which see above.
PRAIRIE CREEK POST OFFICE. In southwestern part of Iowa Township, just north
of the Iowa River, as shown on maps of 1855-57, but it appears in the southwestern
part of the township on G.W. and C.B. Colton's map of 1808
ROBIN. In southern part of section26, Fremont Township. Post office,l 1865-81.
ROGERVILLE. In southeastern part of Homer Township. Post office, 1893-97.
SPENCER GROVE. Given by History of Benton County, Western Historical
Co. 1878, as one of the post offices of the county in 1867, but not found on maps
of that period.
SUMMERS. In northwestern part of Fremont Township. Post office 1873
TAYLOR'S GROVE. In southeasrern part of St. Clair Township. Pos office,
1854-63.
TERRY. In Big Grove Township. Post office, 1885.
UNITY. In northeastern part of Eden Township. Post office, 1858-69
WILLIAMS. In southwestrn part of Eldorado Township. Post office, 1858-65.
WILMINGTON. In the south section 4 of Benton Township. Surveyed in 1855 and
plat recorded in 1858. Town seems not to have Materialized.
WOODS. In central part of Monroe Township. Post office, 1857-63.
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