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Ringgold County was named after Samuel Ringgold.
He was a Major in the Mexican War and was mortally wounded in that war.
Established in 1847
Listed below are names and descriptions of Ringgold 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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BLACKMORE. A post office (1880-95) in section 8, Monroe Township.
BLOOMINGTON. A post office from 1875 to 1880 and again from 1888 to 1890 in the
northeastern part of section 10, Riley Township.
BORNEO. See Delphi below.
BOZARIS. A post office (1873-75) in the eastern part of section 19, Benton Township.
CALEDONIA. A small village laid out in 1855 in the western part of section 11, Lot's
Creek Township. Post office, 1856-1908. It still has a store, church and school.
CLIPPER. A post office (1874-88) in the western part of section 29, Middle Fork Township.
Post office, 1875-85.
CROSS. A post office from 1856 to 1879, except two brief intermissions, in the northeastern
part of Athens Township at or near the location of the present town of Kellerton.
DELPHI. A place shown on maps of the early 1880's in section 22, Benton Township,
at or near the location of the present railroad town of Maloy. Delphi was also called
Borneo.
ESTELLA. A post office (1861-71) in the eastern part of Benton Township.
EUGENE. A village in the northeastern part of section 13, Jefferson Township. Post
office, 1858-87. A thriving place until the advent of railroads.
FLUSHING. A post office (1871-74) in the central part of Jefferson Township.
GOSHEN. A village in the northeastern part of Grant Township, and for a while a station
on the Humeston branch of the C., B. & Q. Railroad. Diagonal grew up about a mile east of Goshen, causing Goshen's
decline. Post office, 1872-89.
INGARTS. See Ingart's Grove below.
INGART'S GROVE. A post office (1860-83) in the southwestern part of section 3, Middle
Fork Township. It continued as Ingarts until 1894.
KEW. A former station and hamlet on the Humeston branch of the C., B. & Q. Railroad
about four miles east of Diagonal. It had a post office from 1882 to 1889.
KNOWLTON. A town and railroad station about one and one-half miles northeast of the
present town of Diagonal. Post office 1888 1919. It still has a store and school.
LEE. A post office (1898-1908) in section 20, Riley Township.
LESAN. A former railroad station on the C., B. & Q. Railroad about five miles east
of Mount Ayr. Post office, 1884-99. There is still a school, church and cemetery,
and the place goes by the name of Lesanville.
MARENA. A post office (1872-85) in the western part of section 22, Lincoln Township.
MARSHALL. A hamlet in the northern part of section 5, Rice Township, on the east
side of the West Fork of Grand River, about five miles west of Mount Ayr, as shown
on maps from 1875 to 1880. Sometimes called Marshalltown.
MARSHALLTOWN. See Marshall above.
MORTIMER. A post office (1883-1901) in section 7, Jefferson Township.
NEW CHICAGO. Name of a hamlet near Cross, which (see above) had a store, blacksmith
shop, two doctors, etc.
NEW PORT. A hamlet in the northwestern part of section 11, Middle Fork Township,
as shown on maps from 1875 to 1880.
POLEN. A post office (1891-1901) in section 3, Lincoln Township.
POYNEER. The name of the post office from 1891 to 1894, at the present village of
Watterson in Lot's
Creek Township.
PRAIRIE VIEW. The name of the post office (1857-65) at the location of the later
post office of Blackmore, which see above.
QUINN'S GROVE. A post office from 1871 to 1872 in the eastern part of Jefferson Township.
REDDING. Redding was a post office some four miles north of the present town of Redding
from 1855 until the establishment of the town.
RINGGOLD. See Ringgold City below.
RINGGOLD CITY, Laid out as a town in 1855 in the northern part of section 28, Lot's
Creek Township. It was never more than a hamlet. Its post office was Ringgold and
was from 1860 to 1908. This place still has a store and church, and is a community
center.
SILVER STREET. A post office (1858-63) in the northwestern part of Union Township.
THOMAS. The name of the post office from 1884 to 1891 at the present village of Watterson
in Lot's Creek Township.
UNION HILL. A post office (1861-82) in the southern part of section 15, Union Township.
WANAMAKER. A post office (1891-1902) in the northeast corner of section 31, Athens
Township.
WIRT. The former name of the present town of Ellston. Wirt was the name of the post
office from 1882 to 1895.
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