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Greene County, named after Nathanial Greene.
He was a General in the Revolutionsary War.
Established in 1854
Listed below are names and descriptions of Greene 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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CEDAR CREEK. In central part of Cedar Township. Post office, 1869—81.
EUREKA. A hamlet in section 11, Jaekson township, on the North Raccoon River.
FORBES STATION. On the C., ST. & St. P. Ry. between Jefferson and Farlin.
GREEN CASTLE. In the Southwestern part of Washington Township near the North Raccoon
River, as shown on maps of 1857 to 1862.
GREENOPS. Near the central part of Kendrick Township, as shown on maps of 1855 to
1857.
GREYS. In central part of Cedar Township, as shown on maps of 1868 and 1869.
HARDIN. A post office and the virtual county seat for a year or two before Jefferson
was established in 1855, as William Phillips had become both postmaster and county
judge there and held court there. It was located four miles southeast of the present
site of Jefferson in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 22,
Grant Township, near Hardin Creek.
HAVANNA. In the northwestern part of Kendrick Township, near the North Raccoon River,
as shown on maps of 1857 to 1862.
KENDRICK. Near the central Part of Kendrick Township. Post office, 1868-67.
NEW JEFFERSON. The early name given the present city of Jefferson. New Jefferson was
the name of the post office from 1859 to 1867.
NORTHFIELD. First in the northern part of Kendrick Township and later in the southern
part of Cedar Township. Post office, l865-81.
PADUCA. In the southeastern part at Washington Township near the North Raccoon River,
as shown on maps from 1857 to 1868.
RIPPEY. In section 7, Washington Township, near the North Raccoon River, as shown
on maps from 1857 to 1880. When the railroad was built about four miles to the east
"Old Rippey’ was largely removed to the present town of Rippey.
SCRANTON CITY. The name of the post office at the present town of Scranton from 1880
to 1889.
SCRANTON STATION. The name of the post office at the present town of Scranton from
1869 to 1880.
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