EADS GROVE. In Honey Creek Township. Post office, 1849-50. Deleware
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. Calhoun
EAGLE CITY. A small village in the southwest corner of Etna Township, platted in 1878. Post office, 1878-85. Hardin
EAGLE GROVE JUNCTION. The name of the present town of Eagle Grove when it was platted in 1881. Wright
EAGLE GROVE. The post office of Eagle Grove was near the northeast corner of section 20, Eagle Grove Township, two miles north and about two miles west of the present town of Eagle Grove, from 1861 until the founding of the town in 1881 Wright
EAGLE LAKE. A post office (1893-97) in section 28, Eagle Township. Kossuth
EAGLE. Located first on line between section 3 and 10, and later in section 22, Franklin township. Post office, 1865-69. Bremer
EAGLEVILLE. Selected as the county seat and platted as a town in 1855 in the southeast quarter of section 12, Eagle Grove Township. However, the town was never built and the county seat was given in 1857 to Liberty. Wright
EARLE. A post office (1869-72) and railroad station in Union Township, about two miles southwest of Derby. Lucas
EAST DAVENPORT. Laid out as a town in 1852 about one mile east of brady Street, Davenport and now included within the present City of Davenport. Scott
EAST GROVE. A post office from 1849 to 1859 on the north side of the southeast quarter of section 33, Jackson Township. There was a Quaker meeting-house half a mile to the east which was also called East Grove. Henry
EAST HAMPTON. In southern part of Silver Townsip. Post office, 1871. Cherokee
EAST MELROSE. The early name of the present town of Melrose. The post office was East Melrose from 1863 to 1878. Monroe
EAST NODAWAY. In section 21, Nodaway Township. Post office, 1869 18i5, then name changed to Rochelle. Soon thereafter changed to Nodaway. Adams
EAST ORANGE. The name for a few years of its early existence of the present town of Alton. East Orange was the name of the post office from 1874 to 1882. Sioux
EAST PLATTSMOUTH. A village on the banks of the Missouri River, in section 26, Plattville Township, opposite Plattsmouth, Nebraska. The first name given this place was Bethlehem, in 1846. The river is said to have washed away that town site. A little farther back from the river was built Sharpsburg, which was later called Junction City, and finally East Plattsmouth. Mills
EAST PORT. A village on the east bank of the Missouri River, opposite Nebraska City, Nebraska. laid out in 1800. Post office 1867-89. Freemont
EATONVILLE. The name of the post office from 1861 to 1869 about two miles west of the present town of Chester. Howard
EBER. In the southwestern part of section 9, Humboldt Township. Post office, 1859-63. Humboldt
ECHO. A post office (1893-1900) in section 11, Raglan Township. Harrison
EDEN. A hamlet in southwest corner of section 1, Eden Township. As shown on maps of 1875. Benten
EDEN. A hamlet in the southwestern part of section 24, Eden Township. Post office, 1853-1903. Fayette
EDENVILLE. The former name of the present town of Rhodes. Edenville was laid out as a town in 1866 and the post office was in that name from 1860 to 1883. Marshall
EDINBURG. A town laid out in 1840 in the northern part of section 36, Wayne Township. It was the first county seat of Jones County, 1840 to 1847. It never developed much. It had a post office from 1840 to 1847, and the office was revived in 1856, being located a little to the north in section 25, and ran until 1873.
Jones
EDINBURG. Laid out as a town in 1875 in section 35, Dodge Township, five miles northeast of Afton, but not built up. Union
EDNA. In the central part of Edna Township. Post office, 1853-69. Cass
EDOM. This is called Eden on most maps. It was a post office from 1863 to 1866, in the northeast corner of section 30, Liberty Township. Keokuk
EDWARDS. (See Atlee). Lee
EGAN. In section 2, Linton Township. Post office, 1900-1903. Allamakee
EGO. Former name of the town of Truro. The post office was Ego from 1881 to 1884. Madison
EGYPT. A pioneer village near the southwest corner of Mills County, about two miles from the Fremont County line. Mills
EIDE. A post office (1876-81) in section 23, Pleasant Township. Winneshiek
ELBA. In the northeast corner of section 16, Eden Township. Post office, 1873-81. Carroll
ELBERT. A hamlet in the southeastern part of Guilford Township, as shown on maps of 1885 and later. Monroe
ELBRICK. A town in the southwestern part of section 28, and the southeastern part of 29, Elliott Township. It was laid out in 1891, Its post office was from
1883 to 1924. Louisa
ELCHO. A post office from 1875 to 1878 at or near the northwest corner of Grant Township. O'Brian
ELDERGROVE. In section 8, Taylor Township. Post office, 1897-1903. Allamakee
ELDORADO. In eastern part of Hamilton Township, as shown on maps of 1885. Decatur
ELDORADO. Laid out in an early day as a village in section 2, Cedar Township. It only attained to a mere hamlet. Monroe
ELDORADO. Platted as a village in 1857 in the north section 12 of Magnolia Township, but never built up. Harrison
ELEANOR. A hamlet and station formerly on the C.& N.W. Ry in central part of Monroe Township. Butler
ELIDE. Listed in the 1873 U. S. Official Register as a post office in Franklin County, but not found on the maps of that period. Franklin
ELIZABETH CITY. The pioneer name of the present town of Princeton. It appears on maps 1845 to 1860 as Elizabeth City. (see Pinnacle Point) (see here about Princeton) Scott
ELIZABETH. In the northwest corner of section 12, Colfax Township. Post office, 1873-78. Grundy
ELIZABETHTOWN. At the point on the Cedar River a little below where the Cedar Valley stone quarries were Cedar
ELIZABETHTOWN. Laid out as a town in 1845 in section 15, Steady Run Township, but was short-lived. Keokuk
ELK CREEK. In the north central part of Elk Creek Township. Post office, 1853. Jasper
ELK CREEK. Listed as a post office in Worth County from 1890 to 1900, but the location not found. Worth
ELK GROVE. Listed in the U.S. Official Register as a post office in Hancock County from 1857 to 1863. (not found on maps of that period) Hancock
ELK RAPIDS. In northern part of section 34, Douglas Township, on the east bank of the Des Moines River. A place of importance, having a post. office in 1850, and 150 inhabitants in 1885, but soon after that it declined For a few years afterward Elk Rapids was designated on the west side of the river, as there was a small settlement there. Boone
ELK RIVER. In the eastern part of the east section 13, Elk river Township. Post office, 1843-71. Clinton
ELK RUN. A post office (1877-79) in the southwestern part of Cook Township. Sac
ELK. In the northeastern part of Bloomington Township. Post office, 1863-1900. Decatur
ELKFORD. The original survey of Rome Township was made by Deputy Surveyor W. Barrows from January 13 to February 3, 1838, and he reported finding
the town of Elkford laid out on the northeast and Southeast quarter of section 11 and the northwest and southwest quarter of section 12, but that it had no improvements. That was about one mile northwest of the present town of Olin. Jones
ELKHART. The original town of Elkhart was laid out in 1853 in section 2, Douglas Township, about two miles southeast of the present town of Elkhart. Its post office was of the same name, but on the decline of the town the post office was removed one mile north to Ottawa, which see below, and later to the present town
of Elkhart. Polk
ELKHORN. The post office of Elkhorn was established in 1867 and was located in the northern part of section 15, Clay Township, about three miles southwest of the present town of Elkhorn. It was later removed to the village. Shelby
ELLENDALE. A place marked on maps of 1869 as a post office about one mile southeast of the present town of Carlisle. Warren
ELLENDALE. A post office (1894-1904) in the central part of Liberty Township. Plymouth
ELLENTON. A former railroad station near the northwest corner of Freedom Township, four miles north of Emmetsburg. Palo Alto
ELLINGTON. A hamlet in section 16, Ellington Township. Post office, 1859-97. Hancock
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