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Davis County, named after Garret Davis.
Who was a Representative from Kentucky.
Established in 1843
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Listed below are names and descriptions of Davis 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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ADAMSVILLE. A post office in Marion Township in 1851. Discontinued in May of that
year and Nottingham post office, located in the same township beginning the same
year with the same postmaster (Ben.jamin Adams), it seems only a change of names
of the post office. Nottingham post office continued until 1859, and was probably
moved from house to house, finally being at or near where the Black Hawk post office
was later, which see below.
ALBANY. A village on the line between section 6, Marion Township, and section 1,
Union Township, Appanoose County, the village being part in each county. The post
office was first in Appanoose County from 1857 to 1861, and then in Davis County
from 1861 to 1901. See also Soap Creek below.
AJAX. A post office in the early 1880’s located in a store in the south section 13
of Grove Township, the extreme southeast corner of the township.
BLACK HAWK. A post office from 1895 to 1901 in the southern side of section 29,
Marion Township.
BROWNS MILLS. A post office in section 10, Soap Creek Township, from 1869 to 1871.
CARBON HILL. The name of the post office at the railway station of Carbon in 1879.
CHEQUEST. A post office in Lick Creek Township from 1851 to 1871. It seems to have
moved from farm house to farm house for several years and then located at the hamlet
of Dunnville, sometimes called Noseville, but platted in 1851 as Pleasant View, on
the north side of section 32, Lick Creek Township. There was another Chequest at a
later date, which see below.
CHEQUEST The name of the post office from 1885 to 1905 at the hamlet in section 4,
Union Township, previously known as Gandytown, also Noblesville,
and later Halltown. The post office had Just previously been called Hall, which see
below. There was another Chequest at an earlier date, which see above.
DEL NORTE. Platted as a village in 1851 in the extreme southwest of Grove Township,
in the south section 18. Post office, 1851-53.
DOVER. See Stringtown below.
DUNNVILLE. See Pleasant View Below.
FOX. The name of the post office in 1842 or 1843 at what later became Stringtown,
which see below. Later there was another post office named Fox, which see below.
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