IOWA GHOST TOWNS
Grundy County, Iowa
WEB SPACE PROVIDED BY:
www.rootsweb.com
Back to:
Grundy County, named after Felix Grundy.
He was a Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court.
A United States
Representative and a Senator from Tennessee.
Established in 1851
Listed below are names and descriptions of Grundy 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
Would you like to help with this project? Do you know of more information about
any of these towns?
We would appreciate it if you would send it to us. Descriptions pictures etc.
For verification purposes, please list where you obtained the information.
You can click on the Towns with an asterisk* for more information.
ALICE. In the southwestern part of Palermo Township. Post office, 1871-97.
ANDERSONVILLE. In Clay Township. Post office, 1893 .
ARROW. In the southern part of Beaver Township. Post office, 1881.
BOIS d'ARC. In the southern part of Grant Township, as shown on maps from 1863-1887.
CONRAD GROVE. The name of the post office at the present town of Conrad from 1881-1885.
DAIRYVILLE. A hamlet in the southwestern part of Fairfield Township. Post office,
1889-1900. .
Elizabeth. In the northwest corner of section 12, Colfax Township. Post office, 1873-78.
FERN. A village in section 32, Beaver Township. Post office, 1903.
FREDSVILLE. A hamlet in the southeastern part of Fairfield Township. Post office, 1889-1903.
GREENWOOD. In the northeastern part of Clay Township. Post office, 1871.
IVESTER. In the southwest corner of section 15, Melrose Township. Post office,1893-1903.
JERUSALEM. A hamlet in the southern part of section 34, Clay Township, near where
the town of Beaman is now located, its post office being Wadaloup.
KINGSBURY. In the central part of Grant Township. Post office, 1880-85.
LEAR. In section 9, Beaver Township. Post office, 1900-03.
LINCOLN CENTER. In the central part of Lincoln Township. Post office, 1889-1900.
MELROSE. On the north side of section 16, Melrose Township. Post office, 1878-79.
PALERMO. In the northwestern part of Palermo Township. Post office, 1873-75.
TAYLOR HILL. In the northwestern part of Fairfield Township. Post office, 1857-63.
WADALOUP. The name of the post office (1867-75) at the hamlet of Jerusalem, which
see above, near the present town of Beaman.
If you can add any information for the towns above please drop us an email.
Thanks, Mel/Webmaster www.iowaghosttowns.com
Interested in helping maintain this county?
Click on the "SEND EMAIL" link below.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION...Read this first.
All content sent in must be "copyright free"
and be family friendly.
Sorry! but anything that isn't can not be posted.
Everything is subject to the approval of the Web Master.
CLICK
TO SEND EMAIL
NOTE: Please use the subject of "Iowa ghost towns"
Because of all the spam and viruses coming in
I do not open unsolicited email
So Please, use the subject line of "Iowa ghost towns".
RELATED WEBSITES
1. Rootsweb
2. American History and Geneology Project
OTHER WEBSITES OF INTEREST
FREE recipes
Go Back To:
All pages on this site belong to THE IOWA GHOST TOWNS PROJECT
All content is believed to be copyright free,
If you see any that is not
Please bring it my attention - Webmaster
.