Ghost Towns in
Source: Annals of Iowa v. XVII & XVIII.
Used with permission from the State Historical Society of Iowa.
ALDRICH. Listed as a post office from 1882 to 1891 in Wright
County, but the location not found.
BACH GROVE. A post office (1858-81) in the southern part of
Troy Township near the Boone River.
BRUCE. A post office from 1883 to 1893 and from 1897 to 1901
in section 15, Norway Township.
CROWN POINT. The original name of that portion of the
present town of Belmond that is west of the Iowa River, previous to its
platting in 1856.
DREW. A post office (1892-1901) in section 16, Norway
Township.
DRY LAKE. A post office (1871-82) in the northern part of
section 16, Vernon Township. EAGLE GROVE. The post office of Eagle Grove was
near the northeast corner of section 20, Eagle Grove Township, two miles north
and about two miles west of the present town of Eagle Grove, from 1861 until
the founding of the town in 1881.
EAGLE GROVE JUNCTION. The name of the present town of Eagle
Grove when it was platted in 1881.
EAGLEVILLE. Selected as the county seat and platted as a
town in 1855 in the southeast quarter of section 12, Eagle Grove Township.
However, the town was never built and the county seat was given in 1857 to
Liberty, which see below.
EMPIRE. A post office (1868-83) in section 26, Lincoln
Township.
FRYEBURG. A post office (1856-86) in the northeastern part
of section 4, Blaine Township, near where now stands the town of Rowan.
GALTVILLE. The name for a time of the present town of Galt.
See Norwich below. The post office was Galtville from 1882 to 1888.
GRANT. The name first given to the present city of Clarion
when it was made the county seat in 1855 and until 1869, when it became
Clarion.
[LENA. A post office from March 27, 1882 to June 7, 1886 with
mail service coming from the town of Rowan. The postmaster was William Kent. The
post office
Was located in Section 22 of Iowa township (one mile north of
Rowan) in house still standing and owned by Daniel Smith (2006) ] This information
was submitted
by Verle Crafton of Rowan, Iowa in September 2006. It is not
part of the Annals of Iowa source.
LIBERTY. The former name of the present town of Goldfield.
Liberty was platted in 1855. It was the county seat from 1858 to 1865.
LUNI. A post office (1858-88) at the center of Boone
Township.
MONTGOMERY. A post office from May 5, 1864, to December 12
of the same year, on the Boone River a short distance north of the present town
of Goldfield.
MORHAIN. A post office (1897-1902) in section 4, Wall Lake
Township.
MOSCOW. A place in the northwestern part of Dayton Township
as shown on maps from 1857 to 1878.
NORWICH. The first name given the present town of Galt.
Norwich was platted in 1881. The name was soon changed to Galtville, and later
to Galt.
OTISVILLE. The name of the post office at the town of Dows
from 1858 to 1880.
OTSEGO. Platted as a town in 1855 in sections 2 and 3, Eagle
Grove Township.
PALSVILLE. A former station on the Great Western Railroad
and a post office (1898-1902) in section 10, Pleasant Township. A farmers
elevator still operates there.
ROSEDALE. A post office from 1857 to 1860 and again from
1877 to 1886 in the northwestern part of Troy Township.
THRALL. A former platted town and station on the C. & N.
W. Railway. about one mile north of the present town of Goldfield. Post office
1882-1907.
WATERMAN. A post office (1871-1900) in the northwestern part
of section 29, Wall Lake Township.
WILLIAMS POINT. A place a short distance north of the center
of Troy Township, as shown on maps of 1862 to 1869.
WOOLSTOCK. The post office of Woolstock from 1868 to 1881
was some two miles east of the present town of that name.