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Wright County was named after two people.
Silas Wright who was the 12th Governor of New York, and
Joseph Wright he was the governor of Indiana.
Established in 1851
Listed below are names and descriptions of Wright 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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ALDRICH. Listed as a post office from 1882 to 1891 in Wright County, but the location
not found.
BACH GROVE. A post office (1858-81) in the southern part of Troy Township near the
Boone River.
BRUCE. A post office from 1883 to 1893 and from 1897 to 1901 in section 15, Norway
Township.
CROWN POINT. The original name of that portion of the present town of Belmond that
is west of the Iowa River, previous to its platting in 1856.
DREW. A post office (1892-1901) in section 16, Norway Township.
DRY LAKE. A post office (1871-82) in the northern part of section 16, Vernon Township.
EAGLE GROVE. The post office of Eagle Grove was near the northeast corner of section
20, Eagle Grove Township, two miles north and about two miles west of the present
town of Eagle Grove, from 1861 until the founding of the town in 1881.
EAGLE GROVE JUNCTION. The name of the present town of Eagle Grove when it was platted
in 1881.
EAGLEVILLE. Selected as the county seat and platted as a town in 1855 in the southeast
quarter of section 12, Eagle Grove Township. However, the town was never built and
the county seat was given in 1857 to Liberty, which see below.
EMPIRE. A post office (1868-83) in section 26, Lincoln Township.
FRYEBURG. A post office (1856-86) in the northeastern part of section 4, Blaine Township,
near where now stands the town of Rowan.
GALTVILLE. The name for a time of the present town of Galt. See Norwich below. The
post office was Galtville from 1882 to 1888.
GRANT. The name first given to the present city of Clarion when it was made the county
seat in 1855 and until 1869, when it became Clarion.
LIBERTY. The former name of the present town of Goldfield. Liberty was platted in
1855. It was the county seat from 1858 to 1865.
LUNI. A post office (1858-88) at the center of Boone Township.
MONTGO~IERY. A post office from May 5, 1864, to December 12 of the same year, on
the Boone River a short distance north of the present town of Goldfield.
MORHAIN. A post office (1897-1902) in section 4, Wall Lake Township.
MOSCOW. A place in the northwestern part of Dayton Township as shown on maps from
1857 to 1878.
NORWICH. The first name given the present town of Galt. Norwich was platted in 1881.
The name was soon changed to Galtville, and later to Galt.
OTISVILLE. The name of the post office at the town of Dows from 1858 to 1880.
OTSEGO. Platted as a town in 1855 in sections 2 and 3, Eagle Grove Township.
PALSVILLE. A former station on the Great Western Railroad and a post office (1898-1902)
in section 10, Pleasant Township. A farmers elevator still operates there.
ROSEDALE. A post office from 1857 to 1860 and again from 1877 to 1886 in the northwestern
part of Troy Townshihp.
THRALL. A former platted town and station on the C. & N. W. Ry. about one mile north
of the present town of Goldfield. Post office 1882-1907.
WATERMAN. A post office (1871-1900) in the northwestern part of section 29, Wall
Lake Township.
WILLIAMS POINT. A place a short distance north of the center of Troy Township, as
shown on maps of 1862 to 1869.
WOOLSTOCK. The post office of Woolstock from 1868 to 1881 was some two miles east
of the present town of that name.
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