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Delaware County, Iowa

 

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Townships the Communities Within

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     Township and Community Histories

 

The following list of townships and the communities within each township has been compiled from various sources. The sources are listed at the bottom of the list. If you know of a community which existed but is not listed here, please email me the community name, township it was located in (if known), and the source it came from, and I will add it to this list.

 

Richland Township

Township 90 N, Range 6N.

Honey Creek Township

Township 90 N, Range 5W.

Elk Township

Township 90 N, Range 4W

Colony Township

Township 90 N, Range 3W.

Crestville
Campton
Dundee
Forestville
Mount Hope
Amarill
Cold Water
Ead's Grove
Edgewood [Yankee Settlement]
Hinkle's Grove
Lodo Mello
Lindsey's Grove
Orrin Glen
York
Greeley
Plum Spring P. O. [now Greeley]
Poulney
Orrinden
Colesburg
Colony
Viola
Oakland

Coffin's Grove Township/

(Congressional Township)

Township 89 N, Range 6W.

Delaware Township

Township 89 N, Range 5W.

Oneida Township

Township 89 N, Range 4W.

Breman Township

Township 89 N, Range 3W.

Coffin's Grove
Masonville
Burrington
Delaware Center
Ead's Grove
Manchester
Millheim/Dutchtown
Thorpe
Almoral
Delaware
Earlville  [Nottingham]
Hickory Grove
Oneida
Buck Creek
Petersburg

Earlville P. O.

       

Prairie Township

Township 88 N, Range 6W.

Milo Township

Township 88 N, Range 5W.

Delhi Township

Township 88 N, Range 4W.

North Fork Township

Township 88 N, Range 3W.

Barryville P.O.

Sand Creek

Bailey's Ford
Milo
Spring Branch
Bay
Delaware Center
Acerville
Delhi
Elizabeth
Forestville
Green Hill
Hartwick
Penn's Grove
Dyersville
Rockville
Plum Creek
       

Adams Township

Township 87 N, Range 6 W.

Hazel Green Township

Township 87 N, Range 5W.

Union Township

Township 87 N, Range 89 W

South Fork Township

Township 87 N, Range 3W.

Abbyville

Barryville P.O.

Ehler

Nugent's Grove P.O.

Ryan

Robinson

Silver Creek

Tower Hill P.O.

Almira

Broadway

Dickeyville

Golden Prairie

Hazel Green

Mangoldville

Grove Creek
Uniontown
Hopkinton
Sand Spring
       
Communities [Unknown Twp.]
Gilt Edge
Holy Cross
Worthington
     
       

SOURCES:

~ The History of Delaware County, Iowa, Published by Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1878.

~ Annuls of Iowa, Volumes XVII & XVIII

~ Iowa Communities Past and Present

~ 1870 Delaware County, Iowa Federal Census

~ History of Harrison County Iowa by Hon. Charles W. Hunt, Logan; 1915