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COPPER CREEK. In the southern part of Van Buren Township. Post office, 1851-53. Jackson
CORA. In northwestern part of Fayette Township, as shown on maps of 1887. Decatur
CORA. In the north central part of Walnut Township. Post office, 1855-67. Freemont
CORA. listed in the U. S. Official Register of 1847 as a post office in Des Moines County, but not found on maps of that period. Des Moines
CORA. The first name (1855-56) of the present city of Osage. The name of the post office was Cora from 1854 to 1857. Mitchell
CORN HILL. In the northeastern part of smithfield Township. Post office, 1855-61. Fayette
CORNELIA. A post office in the 1880's in central part of Battle Township. Ida
CORY. The name of the post office (1887-95) at the village of Janetown, which see below. Keokuk
CORYDON. A village in the southern part of section 12, Madison Township, one and one-half miles south of Polk City, on the Des Moines River, as appears
on maps from 1868 to 1880. (See visitor submitted info here) Polk
CORY'S GROVE. A place near the southeast corner of Elkhart Township as appears on maps from 1855 to Polk
COTTAGE. In the northeastern part of section 32, Ellis Township. Post office, 1863-1900. Hardin
COTTAGE HILL. A village in the northern part of section 25, Concord Township. Post office, 1854-1903. Dubuque
COTTON GROVE. In the southern part of section 21 and later in the northeast corner of section 28, Canaan Township. Post office, 1861-8l. Henry
COTTONVILLE. An old village in sections 22 and 27, Richland Township. Post office, 1851-1900. Jackson
COULSON. In the center of Diamond Township. Post office, 1893-97. Cherokee
COUNCIL BLUFF. Listed in the U. S. Official Register as a post office from 1851 to 1852 when the office was changed to Trader's Point. This was before the name of Council Bluffs was given the present city of that name. Pottawattamie
COUNCIL HILL. In the northeast corner of section 11, Giard Township. Post office, 1855-85. Clayton
COUNCIL POINT. A place shown on maps from 1855 to 1868 near the shore of Lake Manawa (southwest quarter of section 15, township 74, range 44),
some three miles south of the business section of Council Bluffs. Pottawattamie
COURTWRIGHT. The name of the post office for a few months in 1881 at the present railroad station of Hamill. Lee
COUSINS. Listed in 1898 to 1910 as a post office in Linn County, but location not found. Linn
COX CREEK. In the western part of Cox Creek Township. Post office, 1857-75. Clayton
COYTOWN. In the northeastern part of Hazleton Township. A hamlet and post office mentioned in Williams' History of Buchanan County as having
started in 1852. Buchanan
CRAB APPLE. A post office in 1861 to 1862 in the northeastern part of Marion Township. Linn
CRABB'S MILLS. In the northeastern part of section 14, Brandon Township, on the North Fork of the Maquoketa River. The post office ran from 1873 to 1875, after which until 1889 it was designated as Crabb. The hamlet was known as Crabbtown and existed some time before the establishment of the
post office. Jackson
CRAIG'S HOLLOW. (See Kalo Junction). Webster
CRAIN CREEK. In northeastern part of section 4, Bennington Township. Post office, 1893-03. Black Hawk
CRANDALL. Listed in U.S. Postal Guide as a post office in Calhoun County in 1897 but not found on maps. Was in section 33, Williams Township Calhoun
CRANE CREEK. In the western part of Paris Township. Post office, 1865-67. Howard
CRATHORNE. A post office (1887-1905) in section 12, Johnson Township. Plymouth
CRAWFORD. The pioneer name (1885) of the settlement later called Dowville, and which finally became the present Dow City. Crawford
CREAM HILL. In section 24, Ingham Township. Post office, 1878. Franklin
CREAMERY. In central part of Lincoln Township. Post office 1889-1900. Cerro Gordo
CREESVILLE. The name first given the present town of Batavia. It was platted as Creesville in 1846 and the name changed to Batavia in 1853. Creesville was
the name of the post office from 1851 to 1853. Jefferson
CRESCENT CITY. About one mile east of the present railroad station and village of Crescent. It was very prosperous in 1857 and was a rival of Council Bluffs,
but only for a short time. Pottawattamie
CRESCO. A post office in section 27, Cresco Township, from 1856 to 1862. Kossuth
CRESSWELL. A post office from 1869 to 1900 on the north line of section 8, Liberty Township. Keokuk
CRETE. A post office in Johns Township, 1880-83, as listed in the U. S. Postal Guide, but not found on maps of that period. Appanoose
CRISP. A post office (1897-1903) in the northwestern part of section 8, Union Township. Harrison
CROMWELL CENTER. Slightly west of the central part of Summit Township. Post office, 1875-1930. Clay
CROOKED CREEK. The name of the post office from 1843 to 1851 at what later became the village of Marshall, which see below. Henry
CROOKS. A village platted in 1880 in the southwest quarter of section 29, Buchanan Township. It was a station on a branch of the Wabash Railway which was abandoned in 1890. Page
CROOKS. The former name of the interurban station of Palm Grove in the eastern part of Clay Township. Crooks was a post office from 1909 to 1914.
Webster
CROSS. A post office from 1856 to 1879, except two brief intermissions, in the northeastern part of Athens Township at or near the location of the present town
of Kellerton. Ringgold
CROW CREEK. The early name of the present village of Viola. Linn
CROWN POINT. The original name of that portion of the present town of Belmond that is west of the Iowa River, previous to its platting in 1856. Wright
CROZIER. In western part of secion 14, Grant Township, Post office, 1881-1900 Buena Vista
CRYSTAL. A town and post office (1857-1902) in section 14, Crystal Township. Tama
CUBA CITY. A prospective town of early territorial times, thought to have been on the Iowa River and quite near its mouth. Louisa
CUBA. In Amsterdam Township. Post office, 1897. Hancock
CUBA. The name of the post office from 1854 to 1867 at Fairview. Monroe
CURTIS. In the southern part of section 22, Madison Township, on the south side of the Iowa River. Post office I897-1909. Johnson
CYNTHIANN. A post office from 1850 to 1852 near the central part of Polk Township. Wapello
CYRENO. The name first given (1900) to the present village and railroad station of Plessis. O'Brian
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