|
Name |
Description
(where available) |
| Alburnett |
Otter Creek Township |
| Alice |
A
post office from 1882 to 1902 in section 5, Spring Grove
Township |
| Babcock |
Listed in the 1886-1894 U.S. Postal Guide as a post office in
Linn County, but location not found. |
| Banner Valley |
A
post office from 1856 to 1866 near where the present town of
Ely is located. |
| Berry |
|
| Bertram |
Bertram Township |
| Beverly |
|
| Boulder |
A
post office from 1853 to 1865 in the southwestern part of
Boulder Township near Buffalo Creek. |
| Brandy Brook |
A
place in the northern part of Monroe Township, as shown on
maps of 1868 and 1869. |
| Broadway |
A
post office from 1886 to 1902 in section 1, Boulder Township,
the extreme northeast corner of the county. |
| Brown |
The
name of the post office at what is now the present town of
Springville from 1842 until the office was removed to New
Lindon, see below. |
| Cedar |
A
place shown on various maps from 1855 to 1862 at or near the
present village of Waubeek. |
|
Cedar Rapids |
Rapids Township |
| Center Point |
Washington Township |
| Central City |
Located in Maine Township and surveyed in 1856. |
| Coggon |
Jackson Township |
| Columbus |
The
name given to what later became Cedar Rapids when it was first
platted in 1838, before the government survey. |
| Cousins |
Listed in 1898 to 1900 as a post office in Linn County, but
location not found.
*On 4/10/05 John Ely of Anamosa wrote, "Cousins Iowa was
located in Section 15, Buffalo twp., Linn County, along what
is today E28, Ridge Road. W. W. ROSS and wife Ellen
operated a creamery there. My mother-in-law has hand written
in her copy of the book 'Abandoned Towns, Villages and Post
Offices of Iowa (D.C. Mott 1930-32 reprint): 'Near Burlingham
school, 4 miles east of Waubeek'. W.W. ROSS is her
grandfather." |
| Covington |
Clinton Township |
| Crab Apple |
A
post office in 1861 to 1862 in the northeastern part of Marion
Township. |
| Crow Creek |
The
early name of the present village of Viola. |
|
Denison Bottom |
|
| Dennison Bottom |
|
| Dry Creek |
A
post office (1856-72) in the eastern part of Monroe Township,
some eight miles northeast of Marion. |
| East Rapids |
|
| Elmont |
A
post office from 1890 to 1900 in section 26, Spring Grove
Township. |
| Ely |
Putnam Township |
| Fairfax |
Fairfax Township |
| Flemingville |
A
hamlet in the southwestern part of section 13, Otter Creek
Township. Post office, 1867-1906. |
| Ford's Grove |
A
post office from 1856 to 1859 southeast of the central part of
Jackson Township. |
| Franklin |
A
post office from 1842 to 1846 in Franklin Township. It
occupied different locations in the vicinity of the present
town of Mount Vernon. |
|
Green's Mill |
Jackson Township. Original name of the present site of Coggon,
named after the stone grist mill owned and operated by Amos
Green until 1876/7. Later became known as Nugent, and then
Coggon. |
| Haines |
Haines
was located on the Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern RR. It was
located between Center Point and Urbana. The town was listed on the
trolley schedules of the W.C.F. & N. |
| Hiawatha |
Monroe Township |
| Hollenback |
A
post office in Linn County in 1848 as evidenced by
correspondence quoted in History of Linn County, by L. A.
Brewer and B. L. Wick, Vol. I, pp. 82-3. Believed to have been
at the present location of the town of Palo. |
| Hoosier Grove |
A
post office from 1849 to 1857 at or near where the present
town of Ely is located. |
| Hoosier Mills |
The
name by which the village of Troy Mills was first known. |
| Indian Creek |
|
| Ivanhoe |
Laid out as a town in 1838, and found and noted by the
government surveyors in 1841 on the line between sections 29
and 30, Franklin Township, on the north bank of the Cedar
River. It was on the old Dubuque and Iowa City road and had a
post office from 1845 to 1849. According to the 1911 History
of Linn County, Ivanhoe was never platted, but was only a
squatter town. "Colonel Merritt kept the first store at
Ivanhoe for parties in Rock Island. This town had better
prospects of becoming a great city than any other town in the
county. It had a good river frontage, a rich country
around it, plenty of timber and good water, and had the
government road besides. For some unknown cause the place
seems to have been ignored when Marion and Cedar Rapids began
to flourish." p. 271 vol. 1. |
| Jackson |
The
town of Jackson was located in section 13, of Buffalo Twp. It was on
the Chicago, Anamosa & Northern rail line. The down disappeared in
the 1930s when the rail line was torn out. The town of Jackson can be
found on the Highway Atlas of Iowa by M. Huebinger, 1917. |
|
Jordan's Grove |
Maine Township |
| Kenwood Park |
Originally a town between Marion and Cedar Rapids. |
| Kingston |
The
former name of what is now that portion of the city of Cedar
Rapids west of the Cedar River. |
| Kingston City |
The
name of the post office at Kingston, which see above, from
1858 to 1866. |
| Konigsmark |
|
| Lafayette |
A
post office in section 28, Otter Creek Township, from 1846 to
1902. |
|
Lincolnway Village |
Rapids Township |
| Lindon |
The
name of the post office at New Lindon, which see below, from
1854 to 1861. |
| Linn Jct. |
Linn Jct. was out near Xavier high school where the tracks split - one went to Palo and the other went to Center Point. |
| Lisbon |
Franklin Township |
| Louisa |
|
| Marion |
Marion Township |
| Mayfield |
A
town platted in an early day on the west side of the Cedar
River in Section 34, Rapids Township, below the present city
of Cedar Rapids. |
| McGonigle |
The
former name of the present town of Center Point. |
|
Midway |
Monroe Township |
| Mondieu |
A
post office from 1854 to 1862 in the eastern central part of
Clinton Township, on the west side of the Cedar River, and
about five miles northwest of Cedar Rapids. |
| Mount Vernon |
Franklin Township |
|
Necot |
A
post office from 1851 to 1867 in the southeastern part of
Buffalo Township. |
|
New Buffalo |
Platted in an early day in Buffalo Township, but never built
up. |
|
New Lindon |
A
town laid out in 1853 about one mile east of the present town
of Springville, as a rival of Springville, and the removal of
the post office from Springville to that place was secured for
a few years. See Lindon above. |
|
Newark |
Platted (by James Doty) in 1844 on the same ground as was
Westport, which see below. Given the name of Newark,
from Newark, New Jersey, which was James Doty's birthplace. |
|
Nugent |
See
Nugen'ts Grove below. |
|
Nugent's Grove |
A
post office and hamlet in the southern part of section 3,
Jackson Township, on the Buffalo Creek and near the location
of the present town of Coggon. As a post office it existed as
Nugen'ts Grove from 1856 to 1883, and as Nugent from 1883 to
1888. |
|
Oak Grove |
A
post office from 1850 to 1853 in the western part of Fayette
Township. |
|
Otis |
|
|
Otter Creek |
A
post office in Otter Creek Township from 1844 to 1846. |
|
Paddington |
Laid out in 1855 as a separate town on land south of and
adjacent to Waubeek, but later included as a portion of that
village. |
|
Palo |
Fayette Township |
|
Paralta |
Linn Township |
|
Paris |
Jackson Township |
|
Pinhook |
A
name applied to Mount Vernon in an early day. |
|
Prairieburg |
Located in Boulder Township and named by Henry Ward, the first
Postmaster. |
|
Prospect Hill |
A
post office from 1854 to 1872 in section 12, Linn Township. |
|
Putlege |
|
|
Quass |
|
|
Robins |
Monroe Township |
|
Rogers |
Maine Township |
|
Rogers Grove |
Putnam Township |
|
Rural |
A
post office from 1868 to 1878 in the northern part of Marion
Township. |
|
Saint Julien |
A
post office from 1846 to 1858 in the southern part of Linn
Township. |
|
Saint Mary's |
A
post office from 1849 to 1859 on the old Dubuque and Iowa City
road about midway between Mount Vernon and Ivanhoe. |
|
Scotch Grove |
Northwestern part of Fairfax Township where the family of
Robert and Jane Ure settled in the spring of 1841, having
emigrated from Scotland. |
|
Scotts Mills |
|
|
Shady Brook |
A
post office in Linn County from 1863 to 1866, but location not
found. |
|
Sisley's Grove |
A
post office from 1857 to 1862 in section 29, Clinton Township.
In an early day a small village with place for travelers,
blacksmith shop, etc. |
|
Spring Grove |
A
post office from 1851 to 1879 in the northwestern part of
Spring Grove Township. |
|
Springville |
Brown Township |
|
Sylvia |
Sylvia was beneath the current overpass on Center Point road. It was located on the Milwaukee RR. |
|
Toddville |
Monroe Township |
|
Torah |
Listed as a post office in Linn County from 1851 to 1853, but
location not found. |
|
Troy Mills |
Spring Grove Township |
|
Turners |
|
|
Valley Farm |
A
post office from 1854 to 1872 in the western part of section
16, Jackson Township. |
|
Vanderbilt |
The
name first given the present village of Fairfax when it was
laid out in 1863. |
|
Vera |
Vera
is a location where the Milwaukee RR and the Crandic interchanged. It
was just to the right of Wilson Ave. at the railroad tracks. |
|
Vienna |
A
town originally planned by Andrew Jackson McKean and his
friends, on land where Lisbon stands. Each agreed to build
homes, but none were ever erected in Vienna. |
|
Viola |
Brown Township |
|
Walford |
Located in Benton County near the Benton/Linn county line. |
|
Walker |
Located in Grant Township, Walker sprung up with the coming of
the railroad (B. C. R. & N.) |
|
Wapsa |
A
post office from 1856 to 1870 north of the central part of
Main Township, on the Wapsipinicon River. |
|
Wardville |
|
|
Waubeek |
Located in Buffalo Township, but for a long time was part of
Maine Township. The village of Waubeek was laid out in 1855,
and for many years was a fine trading point. |
|
West Prairie |
A
post office from 1867 to 1885 in the northwestern part of
section 26, Spring Grove Township. |
|
West Rapids |
|
|
Western |
A
town laid out in 1856 in the southern part of section 34,
College Township. It was the home of Western College and
became quite a village. |
|
Western College |
The
name of the post office at the town of Western, which see
above, from 1858 to 1906. |
|
Westport |
The
first projected town in Linn County, staked out in 1838, three
years before the government survey, on the Cedar River near
the present town of Bertram. |
|
Whittier |
Brown Township |
|
Worthington Acres |
Rapids Township |
