IOWA GHOST TOWNS
Pottawattamie County, Iowa
WEB SPACE PROVIDED BY:
www.rootsweb.com
Back to:
Pottawattamie County was named after an indian tribe.
Who's territory was what is now the state of Iowa.
Established in 1847
Listed below are names and descriptions of Pottawattamie 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.
AMERICUS, A place on the Missouri River a little below the mouth of the Boyer River,
as shown on maps of the early 1860's, and on maps a few years later,. in the northwestern
part of Hazel Dell Township on Pigeon Creek.
ARMOUR. A post office (1883-19:11) in the southeastern part of Hardin Township.
BIG GROVE. The early name of the hamlet that later became the town of Oakland. Big
Grove was the name of the post office from 1856 to 1881.
BLAIR. A post office in the early 1860's in the southeastern part of Washington
Township on Silver Creek.
BOOMER GROVE. A post office from 1863 to 1864 in the central part of Boomer Township.
BOTNA. The name of the present town of Avoca in the beginning, 1868 to 1869.
BOYER. Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County in 1855, and believed to have
been in Crescent Township.
BRISTOL. A place shown on maps of the late 1850's about two miles north of Big Grove,
which see above, on the east side of West Nishnabotna River, near what was later
Parma, which see below.
BULLOCK GROVE. A settlement on the north half of the northeast quarter of the east
section 25 and the south half of the southeast quarter of the east section 24, Lewis
Township, found there when the orginal survey was made in 1852.
CARTERSVILLE. A village of about 200 people found by the surveyors who ran the original
lines in 1851. It was about three miles east of Kanesville, which see below, and
just east of Mosquito Creek, and was shown on maps as late as 1869.
CLAYTON. The name of the present town of Macedonia for a brief time of its first
existence, as shown on maps of 1887.
COLD SPRING. A post office for a time in the 1850's in the eastern part of Wright
Township.
COUNCIL BLUFFS. Listed in the U. S. Official Register as a post office from
1851 to 1852 when the office was changed to Trader's Point, which see below. This
was before the name of Council Bluffs was given the present city of that name.
COUNCIL POINT. A place shown on maps from 1855 to 1868 near the shore of Lake Manawa
(southwest quarter of section 15, township 74, range 44), some three miles south
of the business section of Council Bluffs.
CRESCENT CITY. About one mile east of the present railroad station and village of
Crescent. It was very prosperous in 1857 and was a rival of Council Bluffs, but only
for a short time.
DESERET. Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County from 1854 to 1855, but the
location not found.
DOWNSVILLE. A hamlet in the northeastern part of section 31, Norwalk Township, on
Mosquito Creek. Post office, 1873-90.
ELLlSDALE. A post office from 1856 to 1857 about two miles south of where later stood
Crescent City.
EMINENCE. A village laid out in 1875 in the southern part of section 28, Grove Township.
See Wheeler's Grove and Wheeler, below.
FRENCH. Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County from 1896 to 1900, but the
location not found.
HARRISON. A post office (1879-84) near the southwest corner of Boomer Township.
IOLA. Laid out as a town in 1856 in the southwest corner of Valley Township and northwest
corner of Center Township, but never built up.
KANE. The name of the post office at Kanesville, which see below, from 1848 to 1852,
when it was changed to Council Bluffs.
KANESVlLLE. The name from 1848 to 1853 of the present city of Council Bluffs. Also
see Miller's Hollow below,
KEG CREEK. Listed as a post office in ,Pottawattamie County from 1874 to 1899, with
some omissions, but its location not found.
KEMLING. A post office (1894-1901) in the southeastern part of Grove Township.
KEOWN. A post office (1896-1902) in the western part of York Township on Keg Creek.
LIMA. The former name of the present railroad station of Chautauqua some three miles
east of Council Bluffs, as shown on maps of 1881.
LIVING SPRING. A village in the southwestern part of Silver Creek Township. Post
office, 1875-1908, except some suspensions.
LOSH'S MILLS. A hamlet on the West Nishnabotna River near the present town of Carson.
Post office, 1871-75 and from 1878 to 1880.
MACEDONIA. The original hamlet of Macedonia was on the banks of the West Nishnabotna
river, about three-quarters of a mile west of the present town of that name. It existed
from about 1851 to 1880.
MILLER'S HOLLOW. The name of the hamlet which a little later became Kanesville, which
see above.
MORTON. Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County from 1889 to 1898, but the
location not found.
NANSON. Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County from 1888 to 1895, but the
location not found.
NEBRASKA. Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County from 1849 to 1850, but
the location not found. The office was changed in 1850 to Council Bluffs, which see
above.
NEW TOWN. Laid out in about 1856 in the southeast quarter of section 21, Knox Township,
just east of and adjacent to Wooster, which see below. Post office, 1856-65. A
prosperous place in its day.
NISHNA. A hamlet on the West Nishnabotna River near New Town, which see above. Post
office, 1866-69.
PACIFIC. The name the old settlers called Avoca for a short time when it was established
in 1868.
PARMA. A hamlet formerly called Bristol, which see above. Parma was also the name
of the post office from 1873 to 1882. See Wooster below.
PIGEON. A post office (1889-1902) in the central part of Boomer Township.
POTTAWATTAMIE. A place in the eastern part of Norwalk Township on Keg Creek, as shown
on maps of 1868.
PRAIRIE FLOWER. Listed in 1854 as a post office in Pottawattamie County, but the
location not found.
REELS. A post office (1884-1904) in section 6, Hazel Dell Township.
SCOTTSWOOD. A post office from 1880 to 1886 in Garner Township.
SILVER CREEK. A post office (1852-56) in the central part of Silver Creek Township.
SNAP. A post office (1881-85) in Hardin Township.
TAYLOR STATION. A post office (1874-83) in the central part of Washington Township.
It ran as Taylor from 1883-1907.
TRADERS POINT. In the 1850's it is said to have been in the northwest quarter of
section 35, township 74, range 44, on the bank of the Missouri River, about half
a mile north of the Mills County line, but maps after 1870 show it then as being
a short distance south of the county line. See Mills County list. It is listed as
a post office in Pottawattamie County in 1852.
UNION. A place one mile east of Cartersville, which see above, as appears on maps
of 1868 and later.
WALNUT CREEK STATION. A post office (1870-75) at or near where now is the town of
Walnut.
WALNUT GROVE. A place near the northwest corner of Hazel Dell Township, as shown
on maps of 1856 to 1862.
WAVELAND. A post office (1870-81) on the south line of section 26, Waveland Township.
WHEELER. See Wheeler's Grove below.
WHEELER'S GROVE. A post office at the village of Eminence, which see above, from
1866 to 1883 when the name of the post office was changed to Wheeler, and continued
to 1901. The village also took the name of Wheeler about the same time as did the
post office.
WHIPPLE. A post office (1876-86) in the central part of Wright Township.
WILLOW. A hamlet and post office (1860-66) in the central part of Rockford Township
on the Boyer River.
WOOSTER. Laid out in 1855 in the southwestern part of section 21, Knox Township.
A little later New Town, which see above, was laid out adjacent and to the east of
Wooster. Later Parma, which see above, occupied a location at or near where Wooster
had stood.
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
.