Iowa State Gazetteer
1918-1919 Business Directory

[front matter, including Introduction, General Index, and more]

Attica

[p. 161-162 - link]

Population, 125. A settlement in Indiana township, Marion county, 9 miles southeast of Knoxville, the county seat, nearest railroad station and banking point. Has Methodist and Protestant and Methodist Episcopal churches. Telephone connection. F. J. Mason, postmaster.

Bauer

[p. 169 - link]

In Dallas township, Marion county, 20 miles southwest of Knoxville, the county seat, and 5 from Lacona, on the Burlington route, whence mail is supplied by rural delivery.

Bussey

[p. 213-214 - link]

Population, 750. An incorporated town on the C. B. & Q. and Wabash R. Re. (depots 100 yards apart), in Liberty township, Marion county, 19 miles se. of Knoxville, the judicial seat and 53 from Des Moines. Has Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant churches, 2 banks and a weekly newspaper, the Record. Tel., W. U. Exp., Adams and W., F. & Co. L. L. Anspach, postmaster

Caloma

[p. 216 - link]

In Franklin township, Marion county, 14 1/2 miles s. w. of Knoxville, the judicial seat, and 8 from Milo, its nearest banking and shipping point. Telephone connection. Has rural delivery from Lacona.

Columbia

[p. 298 - link]

Population, 175. In Washington township, Marion county, 12 miles southwest of Knoxville, the judicial seat and usual shipping point. Has a Methodist Episcopal church and bank. Telephone connection. G. W. May, postmaster.

Cordova

[p. 302 - link]

Population, 20. On the Wabash R. R. in Summit township, Marion county, 1 miles north of Knoxville, the judicial seat and banking point. Exp., W. F. & Co. I. G. Renaud, postmaster.

Dallas

[p. 332 - link]

Population, 600. An incorporated town on the C., R. I. & P. Ry., in Dallas township, Marion county, 14 1/2 miles sw. of Knoxville, the judicial seat. Has Church of Christ and Methodist Episcopal churches and a bank. Exp., Am. Telephone connections. Roscoe C. Goff, postmaster.

Donley

[p. 465 - link]

On the C., B. & Q. R. R., in Marion county, 5 miles west of Knoxville the judicial seat and banking point. Rural delivery from same.

Dunreath

[p. 488 - link]

Population, 200. On the Des Moines river and the Wabash R. R., in Red Rock township, Marion county, 14 miles nw. of Knoxville, the judicial seat, 6 1/2 from Percy and 5 1/2 from Cordova, both of which latter places afford bank facilities. Tel., w. U. Exp., W., F. & Co. Has rural delivery from Cordova.

Durham

[p. 489 - link]

Population, 125. On the C., B. & Q. R. R., In Clay township, Marion county, 8 miles east of Knoxville, the county seat, and 1 1/2 miles from Harvey, the nearest banking point. Has Methodist church. Exp., Adams. Ida Turner, postmaster.

Everist

[p. 512 - link]

Population, 125. In Liberty township, Marion county, 14 miles southeast of Knoxville, the judicial seat, and 7 from Bussey, the nearest banking point. Is on a spur of the Wabash Ry., running from Tracy. Telephone connection. C. C. Johnson, postmaster.

Fifield

[p. 522 - link]

On the Wabash R. R., in Polk township, Marion county, 9 miles n. of Knoxville, the judicial seat, and 7 from Pella, both of which places afford banking facilities. Has rural delivery from Cordova.

Flagler

[p. 522 - link]

Population, 350. On the C., B. & Q. R. R., in Knoxville township, Marion county, 4 1/2 miles e. of Knoxville the judicial seat and nearest banking point, and 39 from Des Moines. Has a Methodist Episcopal church. Exp., Adams. Tel., W. U. Rural delivery from Knoxville.

Gosport

[p. 557 - link]

A discontinued postoffice in Washington township, Marion county, 10 miles s. of Knoxville, the judicial seat, and nearest railroad station, and 2 from Columbia, the nearest banking point. Send mail to Columbia.

Hamilton

[p. 575 - link]

Population, 500. An incorporated town on the C., B. & Q. and Wabash R. Rs. (depots adjacent), in Liberty township, Marion county, 22 miles southeast of Knoxville, the judicial seat. Has a Methodist Episcopal church. Coal is mined and shipped. Lovilla, 2 1/2 miles distant, and Bussey, 2 3/4 miles distant, afford banking facilities. Stage twice dally to Buxton. Tel., W. U. Exp. Adams and W., F. & Co. F. Schnack, postmaster.

Harvey

[p. 581-582 - link]

Population, 425. On the Des Moines river and the C., R. I & P and C. B. & Q. and the Wabash R. Rs., in Clay township, Marion county, 10 miles east of Knoxville, the judicial seat. Has Methodist Episcopal and Reformed churches and a bank. Tel., W. U. Exp., Adams. Am. and W. F. & Co. Josephine Bean, postmaster.

Kimball

[p. 637 - link]

In Marion county. Knoxville is the banking town. Rural delivery from Pleasantville.

Knoxville

[p. 640-641 - link]

Population, 3,650. An incorporated city and the judicial seat of Marion county, is located on the C., R. I & P. Ry., and the Burlington Route (depots 500 feet apart) 8 miles sw. of the Des Moines river. 25 w. of Oskaloosa, 35 se. of Des Moines and 327 w. of Chicago. It was settled in 1846 and is surrounded by a rich farming and stock raising district. The city is lighted by electricity, has water works, fire department, telephone facilities, first-class hotels, churches of the leading religious denominations, excellent public schools, one of the finest court houses in Iowa and 5 banks. Two weekly newspapers -- Express and Journal -- are published. Large quantities of grain, produce and live stock are shipped. Tel., W. U. Exp., Adams and Am. W. J. Casey, post master.

Marysville

[p. 702 - link]

Population, 250. An incorporated town on Cedar creek, in Liberty township, Marion county, 15 miles s. e. of Knoxville, the judicial seat, 5 from Lovilia, its banking point, and 3 w. of Hamilton, the nearest railroad station. Stage twice daily to Hamilton. Telephone connection. C. C. Kendall, postmaster.

Melcher

[p. 718 - link]

Population, 850. On the C., R. I. & P. Ry., in Dallas township, Marion county, 12 miles from Knoxville, the judicial seat. Has Catholic and Methodist churches, a newspaper and 2 banks. Tel., W. U. Exp., Am. C. Ola Goode, postmaster.

Newbern

[p. 754 - link]

In Dallas township, Marion county, 22 1/4 miles s.w. of Knoxville, the judicial seat, and 6 from Lacona, the usual shipping station and banking point, whence mail is supplied by rural delivery.

Otley

[p. 790 - link]

Population, 150. On the C., R. I, Ry., in Summit township, Marion county, 15 miles n.e. of Knoxville, the judicial seat. Has Baptist and Reformed churches and a bank. Tel., W. U. Exp., Am. H. L. Renaud, postmaster.

Pella

[p. 811-812 - link]

Population, 3,200. Dating its settlement from 1847, is an incorporated city, located on the C. R. I. & P. Ry., in Marion county, 11 miles northeast of Knoxville, the judicial seat, and 47 southeast of Des Moines. It is lighted by electricity, is solidly built up, has broad and well-kept streets, water works, sewerage system, a good fire department, churches of the leading denominations, public library, excellent schools, the Central College, an opera house, banks, 3 weekly newspapers, etc. Exp., Am. Tel., W. U. George A. Stout, postmaster.

Percy

[p. 813 - link]

Population, 100 Near the Des Moines river and on the Wabash R. R., in Perry township, Marion county, 25 miles from Knoxville, the judicial seat. Has a bank. Tel., W. U. Exp., W., F. & Co. J. L. Cochran, postmaster.

Pleasantville

[p. 819-820 - link]

Population, 800. An incorporated town on the C. B. & Q. R. R., in Pleasant Grove township, Marion county, 12 miles northwest of Knoxville, the judicial seat and 25 southeast of Des Moines. It contains 2 banks, Christian and Methodist Episcopal churches, an opera house and a weekly newspaper, the Marion County News. Tel., W. U. Exp., Adams. J. H. Kerr, postmaster.

Rosseau

[p. 850 - link]

A discontinued postoffice on the Des Moines river in Polk township, Marion county, 7 miles north of Knoxville, the judicial seat and banking point and 1 1/2 south of Fifeld, the nearest railroad station. Has rural delivery from Knoxville.

Star

[p. 850 - link]

A discontinued postoffice in Marion county. Send mail to Knoxville.

Swan

[p. 929 - link]

Population, 270. An incorporated town on the C., B. & Q. R. R. in Swan township, Marion county, 16 miles n. w. of Knoxville, the judicial seat. and 19 s. e, of Des Moines. Has Christian and Methodist Episcopal churches and a bank. Tel., W. U. Exp., Adams. Winnifred E. Wilson, postmaster.

Tracy

[p. 938-939 - link]

Population, 260. On the Des Moines river, and on the Burlington Route and Wabash Rys. (depots 1/4 mile apart), in Clay township, Marion county, 49 miles southeast of Des Moines, and 14 southeast of Knoxville, the judicial seat. Has a Methodist Episcopal and Reformed churches and a bank. Tel. W. U. Exp., Adams and W. F. Co. Telephone connection. J. M. Mickle, postmaster.

This transcription was added by Al Hibbard on 19 Aug 2021. I started by using an idea that Rich Lowe suggested. I found the list of post offices in Marion county at the website for this book and started with those. Later, I did a general search for "Knoxville" since each town was described geographically relative to this place; this provided an extended list of towns without post offices or defunct post offices. I built the general template for the format of each page and started filling in the details. To obtain the text from Hathitrust.org, I use the Mac-based TextSniper application, which was VERY easy to use and helpful. I then cleaned up hypenation issues and spelling issues and wrapped li tags around each business. Then I added the specific page and link for each town. While I didn't actually record the time spent on the project, my estimate is about 9 hours.

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