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Calhoun County was named after John Calhoun.
Vice President of the United States, 1825 - 1832
Established in 1855
Listed below are names and descriptions of Calhoun 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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Brooklyn. In section 27 and 34, Lake Creek Township. Location selected by
commissioners in 1855 for the county seat, and the town staked off. The people by
vote rejected the location, and no town was built, but the place got on the maps
of that date.
Burns. Listed in the U.S. Postal Guide as a post office in Calhoun
County in 1897, but not found on the maps.
Calhoun Center. In section 19, Center Township. It was a village that
aspired to be the county seat and appears on the maps in 1880.
Crandall. Listed in U.S. Postal Guide as a post office in Calhoun
County in 1897 but not found on maps.
Eads. Located immediately east of the present town of Lohrville. Laid out
in 1882 and some improvements made, but lost in the race with Lohrville.
Elm Grove. Listed in the U.S. Postal Guide as a post office in
Calhoun County in 1893 to 1897, but not found on the maps.
Kissemmee. Listed in the U.S. Postal Guide as a post office but not
found on the maps.
Mosley. Former name of the present town of Sherwood.
Muddy. In section 3, Cedar Township. It grew to a small village. Post
office, 1893-97, The coming of the railroads to Somers ended Muddy's Career.
Schonberg. Listed in the U.S. Postal Guide as a post office in Calhoun
County in 1893 to 1897, but not found on the maps.
Twin Lakes. In section 31, Sherman Township. Post office, 1867-89.
Yatesville. In section 22, Lincoln Township. Post office, 1867-69.
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