CADDA. The name of the post office (1888-1895) at Carlson, (see below) Scott
CALANAN. In the northeastern part of Ellsworth Township, as shown on maps of 1880. Hamilton
CALDWELL CITY. In the eastern part of section 32, Caldwell Township. A post office was established in 1857 and the town was laid out in I873. In 1879 the
name of the town and post office was changed to Exline. Appanoose
CALEDONIA. A small village laid out in 1855 in the western part of section 11, Lot's Creek Township. Post office, 1856-1908. It still has a store, church
and school. Ringgold
CALEDONIA. In section 9, Vernon Township, as shown on maps of 1857. Dubuque
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. Calhoun
CALHOUN. A post office listed in U. S. Offical Register, 1855-57, but not found on maps of that period. Appanoose
CALHOUN. A town platted in 1853 in the southern part of section 19, Calhoun Township, near the west bank of Willow River. Prosperous in the late 1860's.
Post office, 1855-1900. Harrison
CALLIOPE. A town laid out in 1860 on the Big Sioux River and less than one mile north of the business section of the present town of Hawarden. A portion of
it is now included within the corporate limits of Hawarden and is still often referred to as Calliope. Calliope was the county seat from 1860 until 1872 when it
was changed to Orange City. Post office, 1862 to 1863, and again from 1869 to 1911 Sioux
CALOMA. A hamlet in the southeast corner of section 19, Franklin Township. Post office, 1858-1907. Marion
CALVIN. In northwestern part of section 22, Orange Township. Post office, 1807. Black Hawk
CAMACKVILLE. A post office in the southwestern part of section 12, Cedar Township, from 1869 to 1875 when it was changed to White Lane, but was discontinued in 1876. Lee
CAMARGO. The name of the post office of Vincennes from 1852 to 1858 at the village and railway station of Sand Prairie. Lee
CAMBRIA. A former village and station on the C., B. & Q. R. R. about seven miles northwest of Corydon. Wayne
CAMBRIDGE. In the section 5, Spring Rock Township, as shown on maps of 1856. Clinton
CAMDEN. A post office listed in U. S. Postal Guide of 1881, but not found on maps of that period. Appanoose
CAMDEN. (See Bloomington.) Story
CAMERON. A village platted in 1869, but now constituting a part of the eastern portion of the town of West Branch. Cedar
CAMP. A post office in section 10 from 1882 to 1887 in Camp Township. Polk
CAMPTON. In section 19, Richland Township. Post office, 1857-1900. Deleware
CANA. In southeastern part of Cono Township. Post office, 1861-63. Buchanan
CANAAN. In section 7, Jasper Township. Post office, 1857-1860. Name changed to Simpson in 1860. Adams
CANFIELD. In section 21, Barclay Township. Post office 1889-93. Black Hawk
CANNONBURG. Laid out as a town in the northern part of section 28, Elm Grove Township, but never grew to be more then a small hamlet. Louisa
CANOE. A post office (1857-1905, including two intermissions) in section 26, Canoe Township, on Canoe Creek. Winneshiek
CAPOLI. Two miles southeast of Lansing on the Mississippi. Post office, 1853-67. Allamakee
CARBON HILL. The name of the post office at the railway station of Carbon in 1879. Davis
CARBON. The former name of the present Illinois Central Railroad station of Gypsum. Carbon was a post office from 1870 to 1872. Webster
CARBONADO. A coal mining village some three miles northeast of Oskaloosa. It had a post office from 1890 to 1897. Mahaska
CARBONDALE. A former coal mining town in the western part of Four Mile Township along Four Mile Creek. Carbondale was the name of its post office from 1899 to 1901. Polk
CARBONDALE. In the southwestern part of section 33, Summit Township. Plat of the town filed in 1892. Adair
CARDIFF. A post office (1855-1904) at the village of Leo. Mitchell
CARLISLE. In section 20, Springfield Township. A village laid out about 1853. Its post office was named Rosette. Cedar
CARLSON. The name of a former Railway Station and Hamlet 1-1/2 miles West of the present station of Noels in Winfield Township. Scott
CARNEY. In section 24, Ulster Township. Post office, 1900. Floyd
CARR. The post office from 1851 to 1855 at what later became Vandalia, which see below. Jasper
CARROLL CITY. The name applied to the present city of Carroll from the time of its establishment in 1867 to about 1875, and was a town of importance in those days. Post office, 1859-1903. Carroll
CARROLL. A place in section 2, Carroll Township, as shown on maps of 1881. Tama
CARROLLPORT. The name first given (1837) to the present town of Sabula. Jackson
CARR'S POINT. A post office from 1865 to 1870 in section 4, West Township, on Walnut Creek. Montgomery
CARSON. A platted village in section 12, Douglas Township, as shown on maps of l875. Adams
CARSON’S POINT. In section 9, Pilot Mound township. Post office, 1859-63 CASSDAY'S CORNERS. In northeren part of section 4, Pilot Mound Township.
Post office, 1865-81. Boone
CARTER. A post office (1881-85) in the southwestern part of Fillmore Township, section 29, some three miles northeast of the present town of North English. Included some businesses and residences. Iowa
CARTERSVILLE. A village of about 200 people found by the surveyors who ran the original lines in 1851. It was about three miles east of Kanesville and just
east of Mosquito Creek, and was shown on maps as late as 1869. Pottawattamie
CARTHAGE. In the eastern part of Scott Township. Post office, I853-65 Johnson
CARVERS. Shown in northwestern part of Union City Township on maps of 1855-57. Allamakee
CARY. A place in the western part of Highland Township, as shown on maps of 1878. Palo Alto
CASADY. A post office (1883-90) in the southeastern part of Dayton Township. It is shown on maps as Casady's Corner. Webster
CASS CENTER. A post office from 1862 to 1865 in section 22, Cass Township. Jones
CASS CENTER. In the northeastern part of section 13, Bear Grove Township. Post office, 1875. Cass
CASS. Listed in the U. S. Official Register as a post office in Clayton County from 1857 to 1859, but not found on maps of that period. Clayton
CASTANA. A hamlet, now spoken of as Old Castana, existing from 1865 to about 1885, located about one mile west of the present town of Castana. Monona
CASTLE GROVE. A post office from 1851 to 1903, although not continuous, in Castle Grove Township. In its early period it was in the central part of the
township, and later in the southern part of section 3. Jones
CASTLEVILLE. On north line of section 36, and later on west line of section 34, Buffalo Township. Post office, 1863-97. Buchanan
CATTEESE. The name of the hamlet later called Port Allen. Louisa
CEDAR. In the northwestern part of Massilon Township, Post office 1855-63. Cedar
CEDAR CITY. In south half of section 6, Township 89, range 13, Northeast of the Cedar River. It was platted 1856 and was a town of some importance,
having a population of about 200, but on the coming of the railroad to cedar Falls it gave way to that city. Black Hawk
CEDAR CREEK. In central part of Cedar Township. Post office, 1869—81. Greene
CEDAR CROSSROADS. A post office from 1866 to 1868 in section 3, Washington Township. Marshall
CEDAR FORKS. Listed as a post office in Sac County from 1857 to 1858. Its location not found, but supposed to have been in Cedar Township. Sac
CEDAR GROVE. A post office from 1854 to 1868 in the central part of Cedar Township. Lucas
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