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Muscatine County was taken from an indian word which is thought to
mean Prairie
Established in 1836
Listed below are names and descriptions of Muscatine 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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BLOOMINGTON. A former name of the present city of Muscatine
It was platted in 1836 as Newburg, but within a year the name was changed to
Bloomington, which it remaimed until 1849 when it became Muscatine. Bloomington
was the name of the post office from 1839 to 1849
CEDAR TOWN. Laid out as a town in the southeast quarter of section 34
and the southwest quarter of 35, Goshen Township, on the west bank of the cedar
river, as found at the time of the orginal survey in 1837.
FULTON. The former name of the present railroad station and town of
Stockton.
GENEVA. A pioneer town of pretentions laid out in 1837 near the southwest
corner of Sweetland Township, on the bank of the Mississippi, about three miles
northest of Muscatine. It came near to being the first county seat. Post
office, 1838 to 1841.
GLEN DALE. A post office in Muscatine County from 1850 to 1851, but the
location not found.
HUDSON. A place shown on maps from 1845 to 1857 at or near the present
town of Atalissa.
IOWA. A place shown on maps from 1838 to 1856 on the bank of the
Mississippi and on the east side of the mouth of Pine Creek.
LACEY. A post office (1860-71) in the eastern part of Pike Township.
LUCAS. A place shown on maps of 1845 in the southeastern part of Goshen
Township, on the west bank of the Cedar River.
MELPINE. A post office in the northeastern part of Sweetland Township from
1847 to 1879.
MONTPELIER. A town on the bank of the Mississippi River and a short way
west of the mouth of Pine Creek as shown on the Judson Black Hawk Purchase.
This location is about three miles west of the present village of Montpelier.
MYRTLE. A post office (1892-99) in the northern part of Cedar Township
near the Cedar River.
NEWBURG. See Bloomington above.
ORONO. A post office (1861-90) in the north central part of Orono Township.
OVERMAN'S. A post office from 1844 to 1856 in the southeastrn part of
section 24, Goshen Township, on the Cedar River. It was formerly called Powasheek,
which see below.
PIKE. A post office (1852-71) in the central part of Pike Township, a short
way south of the present town of Nichols.
PINE MILLS. A post office from 1870 to 1901 with some intermissions in the
southwestern part of Montpelier Township, on Pine Creek, about three miles northeast
of Fairport, and now within the Wild Cat Den State Park.
PORT ALLEN. A former railroad station and hamlet in the southeastern part of
section 31, Orono Township, in the extreme southern part of the township. Post
office, 1883-88.
PORTLAND. A place shown on maps fo 1857 near the central part of Cedar
Township on the east bank of Cedar River.
POWASHEEK. A post office in Muscatine County from 1841-1844. The name was
changed to Overmans Ferry (which see above) in 1844.
PRAIRIE MILLS. Listed in the U. S. Official Register as a post office
in Muscatine Connty from 1858-1871, but the location not found.
SALEM. The pioneer name of the present village and railroad station of
Fairport. It was found platted as Salem at the time of the orginal survey in 1837,
and is shown on maps of 1838 and 1839 as Salem.
SPRINGFIELD. Shown on maps of 1857 at or near the later post office of
Myrtle, which see above.
STRAWBERRY HILL. A post office (1851-61) in the southern part of Cedar
Township.
WYOMING. A town on the bank of the Mississippi River about one mile west of
Salem (which see above), as shown on the Black Hawk Purchase map, and other maps
as late as 1854. At the time of the orginal survey, 1837, Upper Wyoming and Lower
Wyoming were found platted in the same locality. Post office, 1838-45.
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