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Post Offices and Postmasters, 1878

 

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Richland Township

Township 90 N., Range 6 N.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Campton 1 September 1857 Ethan S. Cowless, 1 Sept 1857
Forestville 24 April 1851

Wm. Turner, 24 Apr 1851

Thos. Hickox, 28 Oct 1854

Enos M. Littlefield, 23 Jun 1856

Nathaniel G. Luken, 21 May 1857

Franklin Emerson, 12 Jan 1859

Hiram D. Wood, 17 Oct 1860

Chas F. Vincent, 7 Jan 1861

Wm. H. Church, 17 Jul 1862

Henrietta Van Kuren, 5 Feb 1864

Walter Moon, 1 May 1868

*Mrs. Henrietta Van Moon,9 May 1870

David M. Noland, 24 Nov 1875

Volney Wheeler, 28 Jun 1776

Mount Hope

20 June 1851

Discontinued 20 October 1871

James A. Ginger, 20 Jun 1851

Stephen R. Reynolds, 14 Dec 1858

Elliott D. Stone, 8 Jun 1861

 

 

Honey Creek Township

Township 90 N., Range 5 W

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Amarill

30 July 1857

Discontinued 20 Apr 1858

Clark Bliss, 30 Jul 1857
Cold Water

20 October 1851

Discontinued 20 Jan 1852

Re-established 7 Apr 1854

Discontinued 9 May 1863

James Martin, 20 Oct 1851

Wm. Roe, 7 Apr 1854

Wm. Kirkpatrick, 5 Apr 1855

Joseph Mansfield, 19 Feb 1856

Israel Green, 16 Apr 1856

Clark Bliss, 7 May 1859

Israel Green, 25 Jun 1861

Ead's Grove

15 June 1849

Discontinued 11 November 1850

Wm. Eads, 15 Jun 1849

Orrin Glenn

    Changed to Cold Water

23 October 1851

Changed on 7 April 1854

Orrin S. Boggs

Yankee Settlement

Now in Clayton County, Iowa (1878)

12 December 1848

Bohan, 12 Dec 1848

F. B. Peet, 23 Mar 1855

York 12 December 1855

George W. Stewart, 12 Dec 1855

Samuel Weeks, 5 Aug 1856

George L. Zabriskie, 10 Oct 1856

Wm. R. Stewart, 9 Nov 1857

George W. Stewart, 9 Sept 1861

Clara M. Stewart, 24 Jan 1863

Selden F. Bush, 3 Nov 1865

Abiel N. Arcott, 25 Nov 1867

 

 

Elk Township

Township 90 N., Range 4 W

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Greeley, (previous Plum Spring) 28 April 1863

Silas N. Talcott, 28 Apr 1863

Jerome Baker, 7 Dec 1863

Job Gildersleeve, 7 Apr 1871

M. Blodgett, 1 Sept 1876

Plum Spring (changed to Greeley) 30 October 1854

Elias Hutton, 30 Oct 1854

William Cattron, 21 Nov 1855

Jonas L. Coolidge, 29 Feb 1860

Silas N. Talcott, 23 Sept 1861

 

 

Colony Township

Township 90 N., Range 3 W.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster

Colony

     Changed to Colesburg

15 August 1846

3 April 1849

David Moreland, 15 Aug 1846

Perry Perkins, 3 Apr 1849

Thomas Cole, 20 Jan 1852

Jacob B. Moreland, 22 Aug 1853

Colesburg

     Changed to Colony

22 August 1853 Hanson T. Wright, 20 Apr 1860

Colony

     Changed to Colesburg

3 October 1846

Hanson T. Wright, 3 Oct 1846

James M. Potts, 5 Dec 1866

Samuel G. Knee, 23 Mar 1869

Viola

16 February 1852

Discontinued on 9 Nov 1859

Joseph D. Walker, 16 Feb 1852

John Platt, 20 Mar 1854

Joseph D. Walker, 8 Feb 1855

Jacob Platt, 24 Dec 1858

 

 

Coffin's Grove Township

(Congressional Township)

Township 89 N., Range 6 W.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster

Colony

     Changed to Colesburg

15 August 1846

3 April 1849

David Moreland, 15 Aug 1846

Perry Perkins, 3 Apr 1849

Thomas Cole, 20 Jan 1852

Jacob B. Moreland, 22 Aug 1853

Masonville 18 February 1860

Henry H. Tubbs, 18 Feb 1860

Wm. A. Crowther, 1 Jun 1861

Andrew J. Pease, 17 May 1864

Lucius Kinsman, 4 Mar 1870

Reuben Norton, 1 Aug 1872

 

 

Delaware Township

Township 89 N., Range 5 W.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster

Delaware Center

Changed to Manchester

1 October 1853

Robert F. Korkright, 1 Oct 1853

Allen R. Loomis, 28 Sept 1854

Henry L. Ryan, 8 Apr 1856

 

 

Oneida Township

Township 89 N., Range 4 W.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Almoral 24 March 1857

Francis Dunham, 24 Mar 1857

Joseph B. Dunham, 4 Nov 1858

Delaware 19 December 1859

James P. Ball, 19 Dec 1959

Wm. M. Hefner, 8 May 1861

David Greaves, 21 Oct 1865

B. M. Gardner, 19 Oct 1870

Earlsville 12 February 1858

Simeon D. Moody, 12 Feb 1858

Chas. B. Stowe, 9 Nov 1858

Jonathan S. Harris, 5 Dec 1860

James G. Verplank, 29 Mar 1861

Cummings Sanborn, 28 Jan 1864

Rinaldo L. Jones, 17 Sept 1867

 

 

Breman Township

Township 89 N., Range 3 W.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Petersburg 7 Mar 1874

Barney Sasson, 7 Mar 1874

Frederick Rubley, 16 Mar 1875

 

 

Prairie Township

Township 88 N., Range 6 W.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Barryville 10 July 1857 John S. Barry, 10 Jul 1857
Sand Creek

11 June 1862

Discontinued on 19 January 1864

John Miller, 11 Jun 1862

 

 

Milo Township

Township 88 N., Range 5 W.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Baily's Ford

17 Jan 1855

Discontinued on 3 Jan 1859

Joel Bailey, 17 Jan 1855

Amos H. McKay, 24 Oct 1857

Spring Branch

4 April 1856

Discontinued on 8 Apr 1856

Herman Annis, 4 Apr 1856

 

 

Delhi Township

Township 88 N., Range 4 W

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Bay

10 February1862

Discontinued on 4 December 1863

Ralph P. Andrews
Delhi 14 March 1844

Mary E. A. Hobbs, 14 Mar 1844

Robt. A. Fagg, 22 Jan 1847

Chas. A. Hobbs, 14 May 1847

James E. Anderson, 20 Dec 1849

Zina A. Wellman, 19 Apr 1850

Wm. Price, Apr 14 1853

Alexander G. Hobbs, 9 Nov 1857

Wm. H. Gilles, 19 Nov 1857

Elisha Brady, 30 Mar 1861

Chas H. Gross, 5 Feb 1866

Alexander Gleason, 12 Oct 1870

Green Hill

8 Aug 1854

Discontinued on 10 Aug 1857

Nathan B. Talmadge
Hartwick

20 Jan 1853

Discontinued on 24 Sept 1861

John W. Clark, 20 Jan 1853

James Melindy, 1 Jun 1861

 

 

North Fork Township

Township 88 N., Range 3 W.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Plum Creek

12 December 1855

Discontinued 27 November 1857

Elias Parker, 12 Dec 1855
Rockville

15 June 1846

Discontinued 19 Jun 1862

Re-established 28 Mar 1873

Oliver A.Olmstead, 15 Jun 1846

Philip B. Hogan, 7 Jul 1847

I. M. Custer, 9 Feb 1849

George Ruddlesden, 28 Mar 1873

Frederick Mueller, 9 Apr 1874

Charles P. Georgen, 15 Mar 1878

 

 

Adams Township

Township 87 N., Range 6 W.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Tower Hill 29 January 1856

James Cromwell, 29 Jan 1856

Michael Beacom, Jr., 1 Sept 1858

James Cromwell, 13 Aug 1863

Bradford W. Kenyon, 26 May 1871

 

 

Hazel Green Township

Township 87 N., Range 5 W.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Golden Prairie

7 March 1870

Eugene W. Hawley, 7 Mar 1870

Charles Tinkham, 10 Jun 1872

Hazel Green 18 June 1856

Christopher L. Flint, 18 Jun 1856

John P. Dickey, Jr., 13 Dec 1865

Wm. P. Dickey, 14 Jan 1869

Mangoldville

19 December 1864

Discontinued on 10 April 1866

Caroline M. Mangold, 19 Dec 1864

 

 

Union Township

Township 87 N., Range 89 W

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster

Grove Creek

Now in Jones County, Iowa (1878)

28 September 1854

Robt. Hogg, 28 Sept 1854

Nathaniel Ingram, 17 Mar 1855

Uniontown 27 September 1853

Aaron P. Blanchard, 27 Sept 1853

Simon Hussey, 2 Dec 1856

Moses Mallory, 20 Jul 1860

John Mallory, 12 May 1862

Hiram F. Cotton, 10 Nov 1871

Edward F. Barnes, 13 Aug 1873

Miss Alice F. Barnes, 28 Jun 1876

Benjamin P. Miller, 23 Nov 1876

Grove Creek 26 October 1874 James H. Hogg, 26 Oct 1974

 

 

South Fork Township

Township 87 N., Range 3 W.

 
Post Office Establishment Date Postmaster
Hopkinton 28 June 1852

Archibald Tate, 28 Jun 1852

George R. Browder, 10 Dec 1853

Henry A. Sanders, 19 Dec 1854

Peter H. Warner, 27 Jun 1856

R. S. Taylor, 29 Mar 1861

Merit Harmon, 16 Aug 1864

Wm. E. Brown, 20 Aug 1866

Peter H. Warner, 18 Dec 1867

Chas. E. Merrian, 11 Aug 1869

Sand Spring 19 Jun 1858

Truman H. Bowen, 19 Jun 1858

William Cline, 16 Apr 1860

Edward H. Sellers, 30 Jan 1861

Robert Elliott, 25 Apr 1863

Orson Henry, 17 Dec 1863

Stephen R. Tuttle, 18 May 1870

Gilbert H. Brown, 20 Oct 1864

~ sources: The History of Delaware County, Iowa, Pages 428-431. Published by Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1878.