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Plymouth County was named after the landing place of the Pilgrims.
Established in 1851
Listed below are names and descriptions of Plymouth 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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ADAVILLE. A hamlet and post office (1889-1904) in the southwestern part of Johnson
Township. A store and church still remain.
BROKEN KETTLE. A post office from 1871 to 1876 in the northwestern part of Hancock
Township near the mouth of Broken Kettle Creek.
BROOKDALE. Platted in about 1890 in section 31, Perry Township, as an addition to
Sioux City.
CRATHORNE. A post office (1887-1905) in section 12, Johnson Township.
ELLENDALE. A post office (1894-1904) in the central part of Liberty Township.
FURRAY. A post office (1879-83) in the western part of .Johnson Township.
HAPPY CORNERS. The local name in the 1880's of the hamlet now known as Neptune, in
the southern part of Stanton Township.
HOLLEY. A post office (1879-85) in the eastern part of Johnson Township, formerly
named Rosbach, which see below.
JOY. The name of a railroad station for a few years in the 1870's in the western
part of Sioux Township.
MALTON. A post office from 1870 to 1873 in the western part of Sioux Township, near
the Big Sioux River.
MAMMEN. A post office (1898-1906) in section 29, Grant Township.
MELBOURNE. Platted in 1860 in the southeast quarter of section 34, Plymouth Township,
about three miles northeast of the present town of Hinton. It was the county seat
from 1860 until 1872 when it lost to Le Mars. Post office, 1862-63.
MINNABROOK. A place in the eastern part of Liberty Township, as appears on maps of
1885.
NEPTUNE. A post office (1880-1905) located in different farm homes in the southern
part of Stanton Township, in its later time being at Happy Corners, which see above.
O'LEARY. A post office (1889-1902) in section 8, Union Township.
PLYMOUTH. A platted village in the northeast corner of Plymouth Township, on the
Floyd River, and a short distance northeast of the present town of Merrill, as shown
on maps from 1863 to 1873.
PLYMOUTH CENTER. The name of the post office at Plymouth, which see above, from 1869
to 1873.
PLYMOUTH CITY. Platted in 1857 in section 6, Stanton Township, with the intention
of making it the county seat, but it was never developed.
PONONA. A post office (1861-76) in the north central part of Johnson Township.
PORTLANDVILLE. The name of what is now the town of Akron from the time it was platted
in 1872 until 1882.
POTOSIA. A post office (1890-1904) in section 34, Liberty Township.
QUORN. A village platted in 1880 in the northwestern part of section 251 Elkhorn
Township, on the south side of the West Fork of Little Sioux River. It had a post
office from 1880 to 1883. It prospered until the coming of the railroad in 1883 to
Kingsley, one mile to the east.
ROSBACH. A post office (1871-77) in the southern part of Johnson Township. This was
later called Holley, which see above.
SAINT PAUL JUNCTION. The name given on maps of 1869 to the location where now stands
the city of Le Mars.
YEOMANS. A post office (1898-1906) in the southwestern part of Perry Township.
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