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Poweshiek County was named after a Fox/Mesquaki Indian Chief.
Established in 1843

Listed below are names and descriptions of Poweshiek 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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BEAR CREEK. A post office (1849-65) near the east edge of Bear Creek Township on the south side of Bear Creek, about one mile northeast of the present town of Brooklyn.

BLUE POINT. A post office (1860-72) in the northern part of section 26, Washington Township.

BROWNSVILLE. A village in the southwestern part of section 35, Jackson Township, five miles south and one and one-half west of Montezuma, and just north of the Mahaska County line. The name of its post office (1864-95) was Sherman.

CHESTER CENTER. A post office (1877-1903) in the southern part of section 10, Chester Township. There is still a store there.

CLEARFIELD. A post office from 1869 to 1872 in the northern part of Madison Township.

DEEP RIVER. See Dresden below.

DE ETTA. Name of the present post office of Tilton from 1884 to 1887.

DRESDEN. A town laid out in 1856 near the northwest corner of section 10, Deep River Township, about one mile east of the present town of Deep River. The name of the post office was Deep River. The coming of the branch of the Northwestern Railway in 1884 caused the removal of Dresden to the new town of Deep River.

FOREST HOME. A village in the northeastern part of section 29, and the southeastern part of section 20, Union Township. Post office, 1858­ 1902. There is still a store there.

GREENVILLE. A town laid out in 1849. It was a rival of the original town of Brooklyn and adjacent to it on the west. Both went into the discard when the Rock Island railway came through.

HUMBUG TOWN. See Ottawa City below.

JACOBS. A switch for some years on the Montezuma branch of the Iowa Central railway in section 12, Washington Township. It had a post office from 1896 for several years and a store until about 1928.

LATTIMER'S GROVE. A stage station and settlement made in 1848 near the southwest corner of Grinnell township and about four miles southwest of the present city of Grinnell. The name was changed to Westfield about 1855. The place had a post office a few years.

MANAT. A post office for a short time in 1884 at or near the location of the present railway station of Carnforth.

MILL GROVE. A village in the northern part of section 35, Sugar Creek Township, on the north bank of North Skunk River, and one-half mile southwest of the present railroad station of Moore. Post office, 1856-72.

NORTH SKUNK. The name of the station on the Iowa Central Railroad in 1887 at the location of the present station of Moore, as shown on maps of that period.

OTTAWA CITY. Platted as a town in 1859 on the west half of section 1 and the north half of the northwest quarter of section 12, Sheridan Township and exploited, but never built up. Referred to as Humbug Town.

SHERIDAN. See Sheridan Center below.

SHERIDAN CENTER. A post office (1877-83) in the northern part of section 9, Sheridan Township. It continued as Sheridan until 1902. There is still a store there.

SHERMAN. See Brownsville.

SONORA. A post office (1879-1901) in section I, Chester Township.

STILLWELL. A former name of the present railroad station of Moore, and of the post office at that place from 1892 to 1914.

SUGAR GROVE. The name of a post office (1849-62) in the southwestern part of Grinnell Township, about three miles southwest of the present city of Grinnell. It is shown on maps as late as 1869.

TILTON. The post office of Tilton was some two and one-half miles west of the present railway station and village of Tilton from about 1871 to 1884.

TYRO. A post office (1862-73) in the eastern part of section 32, Washington Township.

VERONA. A post office (1870-85) in section 26, Lincoln Township, on the stage line from Victor to Dresden.

WESTFIELD. A place on the west line of section 30, Grinnell Township, ?on the Jasper County line, as shown on maps of 1881 and 1887. Also, see Lattimer's Grove above.

WESTERN. Listed as a post office in Poweshiek County from 1851 to 1853, but the location not found.

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