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United States Post Offices in Marshall County, Iowa The following United States Post office are or have been in Marshall County, Iowa |
| Albion (Lafayette) Established in1853/58 (Iowa TWP, Section 6) |
| Bangor – About 7 miles Southwest of Liscomb, 8 ½ miles Northeast of Saint Anthony. Established January 13, 1857, James Owen; discontinued August 15, 1933. ( Bangor TWP, Section 17) |
| Bevins Grove – Original name of the Saint Anthony Post Office. Established January 12, 1869, Abram E. Gram; closed October 10, 1876; reopened November 13, 1879; renamed Saint Anthony February 1, 1882. (Liberty TWP, Section 27) |
| Bromley – On MSTL RY – 3 ½ miles Southeast of Saint Anthony, 8 miles West of Albion, 9 miles North of State Center. Established February 3, 1882,John C. Armstrong; discontinued July 30, 1904 (Minerva TWP, Section1) |
| Capron – On Milwaukee RY – 2 miles East of Melbourne,15 miles Southwest of Marshalltown. Established April 28, 1884, Weston T. Plumb; discontinued July 30, 1904 (Logan TWP, Section3) |
| Cedar Crossroads – About ½ mile West of Lamoille, 9 miles Southwest of Marshalltown. Established March 6, 1866, Francis A. Stone; renamed Lamollie July 8, 1886, Henry Durkee (Washington TWP, Section 3) See La Moille |
| Clemons Grove – Original name of Clemons Post Office, Established October 27, 1882, Allen T. Miller; name shortened to Clemons June 18, 1883. (Minerva TWP, Section 2-3 |
| Dillon – On the MSTL RY, 9 ½ miles Southeast of Marshalltown, 4 ½ miles Northeast of Ferguson, 5 miles Southwest of LeGrand. Established July 27, 1876, August Wendt; discontinued November 29, 1935. (LeGrand TWP, Section 27) |
| Dunbar – On Milwaukee RY, 4 miles East of Ferguson, 4 ½ miles North of Gilman, 4 ½ miles South of LeGrand. Established April 11, 1882, Kundt J. Vinje; discontinued November 15, 1955 (LeGrand TWP, Section 1) |
| Edenville – Pioneer name of Rhodes Post Office. Established September 12, 1860, Isaac Sanford; renamed Rhodes August 3, 1883, James A. Morgan (Eden TWP, Section 9 |
| Ferguson - Established in 1882 – (Green Castle TWP, Section 5-6) See Timber Creek |
| Fredonia - Established in 1853 – Discontinued 1867 (Marion TWP, Section 26) |
| Galvin – Three miles Southwest of Albion, 9 miles Southeast of Saint Anthony, 12 miles Northeast of State Center, 11 miles Northwest of Marshalltown. Established February 14, 1882, D.M. Moniger; discontinued April 30, 1902. (Marietta TWP, Section 11) |
| Gerard – Three miles Northwest of Melbourne, 5 miles Southeast of State Center. Established January 30, 1882, John Vanorsdel; renamed Malta October 24, 1883 (Washington TWP, Section 32-33) See Malta |
| Gowando – Six miles Northeast of Marshalltown, 8 ½ West of Garvin. Established July 5, 1860, Joel Brock; discontinued August 17, 1861 |
| Gilman – Established 1871 |
| Green Mountain (1st) - About 2 miles Southwest of the 2nd Green Mountain Post Office. Six miles Northeast of Marshalltown, Established May 21, 1857, William Wallace; closed January 5, 1865: reopened April 6, 1871, Milo Summers; moved to present site in 1883, exact date unrecorded. |
| Green Castle – 1 mile East of Ferguson, Established 1857; discontinued 1871 (Green Castle TWP, Section 8) |
| Hartland – Nine Miles Northwest of Marshalltown, 11 miles Southeast of Saint Anthony, Established as Quaker March 13, 1890, Thomas Knight, Renamed Hartland May 23, 1890; Discontinued July 31, 1900 |
| Haverhill – Established 1882, discontinued? |
| ILLinois Grove – About 5 ½ miles North of Saint Anthony, 6 ½ miles Northeast of Zearing. Established in Webster County September 14, 1857, Isreal H. Lockwood; date to Marshall County unrecorded. Perhaps the entry in Webster County is in error; to Story County and renamed Zearing December 20, 1881. (Liberty TWP, Section 5) |
| Jeromeville – Suburb of Marshalltown Established July 6, 1857 (Marshall TWP, Section 25 |
| Lafayette – See Albion |
| Lamoille - Seven miles Southwest of Marshalltown, 10 miles East of State Center. Established as Cedar Crossroads March 6, 1866; renamed Lamoille July 8, 1868, Henry Durkee; Spelling of name changed to La Moille June 30, 1950; discontinued January 31, 1955 (Washington TWP, Section 2) |
| LeGrand - The one word name of the Le Grand Post Office. Established as Le Grand October 31, 1853, James Allmon; Name made one word LeGrand January 31, 1895; two word spelling Le Grand restored June 30, 1950. (Le Grand TWP, Section 12, 19) |
| Liscomb – Established October 14, 1869, John D. Loucke See Norris |
| Laurel (1st) 3 miles west of 2nd Post Office, Established 1857 (Jefferson TWP, Section 26), Laurel (2nd) Established 1880 (Jefferson TWP, Section 26) |
| Luray - On CGW RY. 7 to 8 miles Southwest of Marshalltown, 6 to7 miles Northeast of Melbourne. Established September 15, 1897, Edward E. Parsons; Closed September 30, 1909; reopened April 19, 1910; discontinued November 30, 1927 (Timber Creek TWP, Section 19) |
| Liberty - Established 1857, discontinued 1864 (Liberty TWP, Section 27 NW) |
| Malta – Half mile South of Gerard,4 ½ miles Southeast of State Center. Established January 30, 1882 as Gerard, renamed Malta October 24, 1883. John Vanorsdale; closed June 23, 1884; reopened May 11, 1886, Joseph H.Troxell; discontinued October 1, 1894 (See Gerard) (Washington TWP, Section 32-33) |
| Marietta – On the Central Iowa RY, 7 miles Northwest of Marshalltown, about 3 miles Southwest of Albion Established April 21, 1852 William Dishon; Closed June 30, 1900 (Marietta TWP, Section 18 |
| Marshall – Established 1854, Changed Name to Marshalltown in 1863. Still in operation in 2010. |
| Maulsby – 5 to 7 miles Northwest of Marshalltown, About 3 miles Northeast of Albion, First in Northern Taylor TWP and later in Southern Liscomb TWP. (Then in Taylor TWP, Section 34) Established April 30, 1898, Louisa Maulsby; Discontinued July 30, 1899 |
| Melbourne – Established in 1882 (Logan TWP, Section 6 |
| Minerva – On MSTL RY 7 miles Northwest of Albion, 6 miles East of Saint Anthony; however its original site is about 2 miles Southwest, Established June 7, 1858. O.Hambleton; Closed June 28, 1880; reopened March 23, 1882, Thomas Nichols; discontinued February 29, 1924(Marietta TWP, Section 5) |
| Morman Hill – Definite location undetermined but reported (moot) in Northeastern Bangor Twp, a short distance West of Liscomb and later transferred to Hardin County. Established July 8, 1850, Thomas Gordon; to Hardin County April 10, 1858, discontinued May 16, 1859. |
| New Jefferson - Established 1857, discontinued 1871 1 ½ miles NW of Ferguson (Jefferson TWP |
| Norris – Early name of Liscomb Post Office. Established January 24, 1865, Israel D. Gager; renamed Liscomb October 14, 1869, John D. Loucks. See Licomb |
| Pickering – On MSTL RY. 2 ½ miles East of Ferguson, 4 ½ miles Northwest of Gilman, 11 miles Southeast of Marshalltown at the intersection of Milwaukee RY. Established December 26,1891, Ezekiel F. Mills (declined to serve); John S. Davis, February 25,1892; discontinued October 31, 1907; (Green Castle TWP, Section 3) |
| Quaker – See Hartland |
| Quarry – About 2 ½ miles Northwest of Le Grand, 7 miles East/Southeast of Marshalltown on CNW RY, Established August 9, 1869, Elias Walahan; discontinued February 27, 1909; (Le Grand TWP, Section 10) |
| Reedsville – Five miles Northwest of Le Grand, 6 miles east of Marshalltown. Established September 13, 1855, Ansel J. Cooper; discontinued April 13, 1860 |
| Rockton – On CGW RY, 4 to 5 miles Northeast of Marshalltown & 10 miles West of Garwin Established January 11, 1888, Joel L. Nicholson; discontinued December 15, 1900 |
| Rhodes (Edenville) – Established 1882 |
| Saint Anthony – Established February 1,1882 See Bevins Grove |
| Stanford – About 4 ½ miles Northwest of Liscomb on Hardin County Line and 2 ½ miles South of Union, Established September 20, 1869 Mary H. Bundy; discontinued September 28, 1882 (Bangor TWP Section ?) |
| State Centre – Early spelling of the name of the State Center Post Office. Established February 9, 1864, Cyrus F. Culver spelling changed to State Center July 5, 1893 |
| Timber Creek – Reported (Mott) at three sites: Central Timber Creek TWP,; later in southern part of same township; and in NE Jefferson TWP; All sites are South of Marshalltown and a few miles Northwest of Ferguson. Definite sites undetermined Established June 13, 1850 William C. Smith ; Renamed Ferguson January 16,1882, Joseph M. Ferguson |
| Vancleve – At end of MSTL RY spur 6 to 7 miles Northwest of Laurel, 4 ½ miles Southeast of Melbourne. Established August 8, 1881 J.R.Gowdy; discontinued February 15, 1939 (Logan TWP Section 11 |
| Vienna - About 13 miles Northeast of Marshalltown, 6 miles West of Gladbrook, 3 miles South of Beaman. Established September 16, 1856, Robert McRill, Closed March 12, 1867: reopened June 10, 1867; William J. Smith discontinued April 23, 1883 (Vienna TWP, Section 10 SW |
Information gathered from the United States Postal Services and other Sources. Submitted by Merrill J. Price |
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