Adair County Iowa
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Adair County Iowa |
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Iowa Post Offices 1833 – 1986
by Alan H. Patera & John S. Gallagher
Transcribed by Lynn McCleary, September 10, 2016
| Post Office | Established | Discontinued with Notes |
| Adair (1) | 10 Jan 1854 | 20 Feb 1861 |
| Adair (1) re-established | 2 Jul 1861 | 25 Feb 1864, mail routed to Quincy, Adams County |
| Adair (1) re-established | 7 Oct 1870 | 30 Dec 1873, named changed to Avondale, site changed as name changed |
| Adair (2) | 2 Jan 1874 | still in operation |
| Arbor Hill | 8 Jun 1857 | 11 Dec 1876, mail routed to Greenfield |
| re-established | 12 Jan 1877 | 25 Feb 1895, named changed to Arborhill |
| Arborhill | 26 Feb 1895 | 15 Apr 1907, mail routed to Greenfield |
| Avondale (formerly Adair, but located at new site) | 31 Dec 1873 | 1 Feb 1882, mail routed to Fontanelle |
| Berea | 8 Sep 1894 | 26 Feb 1908, mail routed to Anita |
| Bridgewater | 2 Oct 1885 | still in operation |
| Canby | 1 Jul 1873 | 10 Dec 1883, mail routed to Casey |
| re-established | 1 May 1888 | 14 Mar 1908, mail routed to Casey |
| Drakes | 17 Jan 1857 | 5 Aug 1857 |
| Easton | 28 Feb 1879 | 26 Oct 1881, mail routed to Stuart |
| Fisk | 23 Feb 1872 | 15 Feb 1908, mail routed to Orient |
| Fontanelle | 27 May 1856 | still in operation |
| Gilead | 16 Nov 1899 | 31 Jan 1902, mail routed to Orient |
| Greenfield | 15 Nov 1856 | 7 Dec 1869, mail routed to Fontanelle |
| Greenfield re-established | 20 Jan 1879 | still in operation |
| Groveland | 2 Aug 1871 | 29 May 1885, name changed to Holadays |
| Hebron | 17 Jun 1858 | 31 Mar 1915, mail routed to Orient |
| Holaday's | 23 Mar 1855 | 29 Oct 1894, name changed to Holadays |
| Holadays | 30 Oct 1894 | 14 Oct 1899, mail routed to Howe |
| Howe | 16 Mar 1895 | 31 Oct 1901, mail routed to Stuart, Guthrie County |
| Jackson | 12 Jan 1869 | 28 Feb 1889, mail routed to Howe |
| Linwood | 18 Feb 1895 | 31 Oct 1903, mail routed to Adair |
| McKinley | 5 Apr 1899 | 15 May 1901, mail routed to Stuart, Guthrie County |
| Namito | 28 Feb 1898 | 15 Feb 1905, mail routed to Greenfield |
| Orient (formerly Swearsburgh) | 6 May 1870 | still in operation |
| Prussia | 13 Sep 1900 | 31 Jul 1905, mail routed to Fontanelle |
| Prussia Centre | 4 May 1877 | 25 Jun 1879, mail routed to Greenfield |
| Stanzel | 16 Oct 1949 | 30 Apr 1955, mail routed to Greenfield |
| Swearsburgh | 6 Jan 1868 | 5 May 1870, name changed to Orient |
| Tino | 16 Sep 1873 | 19 Mar 1878, mail routed to Orient |
| Wah-Ta-Wah | 22 Jul 1851 | 19 Sep 1854 |
Another really good reference book is
Postmarked Iowa; a List of Discontinued and Renamed Post Offices by Guy Reed Ramsey, J.B. Publish Co.
Page created September 15, 2016 by Carlyss Noland
