Communities

Orphan Train Riders
to
Iowa

Known Communities Where Children Were Placed or Lived
Compiled by Madonna Harms

This is a list of the cities & counties in Iowa where the children were placed and/or lived. The list is arranged alphabetical by community.

Communities with County

Ackley, Hardin Adel, Dallas Afton, Union Albia, Monroe Alden, Hardin Algona, Kossuth Allison, Butler Ames, Story Anamosa, Jones Anderson, Fremont Andrew, Jackson Applington, Butler Arcadia, Carroll Ashton, Osceola Atlantic, Cass Audubon, Audubon Aurora, Keokuk	Baldwin, Jackson Bancroft, Kossuth Barnum, Webster Bellevue, Jackson Bidwell, Wapello Blairsburg, Hamilton Blairstown, Benton Blanchard, Page Boone, Boone Breda, Carroll Brighton, Washington Britt, Hancock Brooklyn, Benton Brooks, Adams Burlington, Des Moines Bussey, Marion	Cantril, Van Buren Carbon, Adams Carroll,Carroll Castalia, Winneshiek Cedar Falls, Black Hawk Cedar Rapids, Linn Center Point, Linn Centerville, Appanoose Centralia, Dubuque Charles City, Floyd Charlotte, Clinton Cherokee, Cherokee Chester, Howard Clarence, Cedar Clarinda, Page Clarion, Wright Clarksville, Butler Clear Creek, Allamakee Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo Clinton, Clinton Coggon, Linn Collins, Story Coon Rapids, Carroll Corning, Adams Corydon, Wayne Cottage Grove, Scott Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Creston, Union Cumberland, Cass	Dakota City, Humboldt Davenport, Scott Dawson, Webster Decatur City, Decatur Decorah, Winneshiek Defiance, Shelby Des Moines, Polk DeWitt, Clinton Dougherty, Cerro Gordo Dows, Wright Dubuque, Dubuque Duncombe, Webster Dunlap, Harrison Dyersville, Dubuque Dysart, Tama
Eagle Grove, Wright Earlville, Delaware Early, Sac Eddyville, Mahaska Elberon, Tama Eldora, Hardin Emmetsburg, Palo Alto Epworth, Dubuque Estherville, Emmet	Fairbank, Fayette Fairfax, Linn Fairfield, Jefferson Farley, Dubuque Farragut, Fremont Farson, Wapello Fayette, Fayette Forest City, Winnebago Forest Mills. Allamakee Franklin, Clayton Franklin, Decatur Franklin, Jasper Franklin, Lee Franklin, Linn Fredericksburg, Chickasaw Fremont, Mahaska French Creek, Allamakee Ft. Dodge, Webster	Galt, Wright Garner, Hancock Garrison, Benton George, Lyon Gilbertville, Black Hawk Glenwood, Mills Gowrie, Webster Grand Junction, Greene Grand Mound, Clinton Granville, Mahaska Gravity, Taylor Greene, Butler Greenfield, Adair Grinnell, Poweshiek Griswold, Cass Grundy Center, Grundy	Hamburg, Fremont Hampton, Franklin Hardy, Humboldt Harlan, Shelby Hawkeye, Des Moines Hawkeye, Fayette Hawkeye, Hancock Hawkeye, Marion Hazelton, Buchanan Henderson, Mills Hopkinton, Delaware Houghton, Lee Hubbard, Hardin Hudson, Black Hawk Humboldt, Humboldt
Imogene. Fremont Independence, Buchanan Indianola, Warren Ioka, Keokuk Iowa City, Johnson Iowa Falls, Hardin	Jefferson, Clayton Jefferson, Dubuque Jefferson, Fayette Jefferson, Greene Jefferson, Henry Jerome, Appanoose	Kensett, Worth Keosaqua, Van Buren Kilbourne, Van Buren Knox, Black Hawk Knox, Fremont Knoxville, Marion	Lacona. Hancock Lacona, Warren Ladora, Iowa Lansing, Allamakee LaPorte City, Black Hawk Lawler, Chickasaw LeMars, Plymouth Lenox, Taylor Leon, Decatur Lewis, Cass Lima, Pottawattamie Lime Springs, Howard Linden, Dallas Little Cedar, Mitchell Lorimer, Union Lovilla, Monroe Luxemburg, Dubuque Lyons, Clinton
Malone, Clinton Malvern, Mills Manchester, Delaware Manilla, Crawford Manson, Calhoun Mapleton, Monona Maquoketa, Jackson Marble Rock, Floyd Marcus, Cherokee Marengo, Iowa Marshalltown, Marshall Mason City, Cerro Gordo Massena, Cass Maxwell, Story Mechanicsville, Des Moines Midgeville, Lee Mineral Ridge, Boone Mo. Valley, Harrison Monticello, Poweshiek Morning Sun, Louisa Mt. Pleasant, Henry Murray, Clark Muscatine, Muscatine Nashua, Chickasaw	Neola, Pottawattamie Nevada, Story New Hampton, Chickasaw New Hartford, Butler New London, Henry New London, Linn New Sharon, Mahaska New Vienna, Delaware Newton, Jasper Northwood, Worth Norway, Benton Norway, Fayette Norwich, Jones Norwich, Page	Oakland, Clarke Oakland, Delaware Oakland, Dubuque Oakland, Franklin Oakland, Louisa Oakland, Pottawattamie Oakland, Van Buren Ocheydon, Oceola Ogden, Boone Olewein, Fayette Onawa, Monona Orchard, Mitchell Osage, Mitchell Osceola Clarke Oskaloosa, Mahaska Otterville, Buchanan Ottumwa, Wapello	Parkersburg, Butler Perry, Dallas Petosa, Dubuque Pocahontas, Pocahontas Pomeroy, Calhoun Portsmouth, Shelby Postville, Alamakee Postville, Clayton Prairie Church Lockridge, Jefferson Prescott, Adams
Quasqueton, Buchanan Quigley, Clinton	Raymond, Black Hawk Red Oak, Montgomery Remsen, Plymouth Renwick, Humboldt Rhoads, Taylor Rhoads, Marshall Richland, Jones Richland, Keokuk Riverton, Floyd Riverton, Fremont Rock Rapids, Lyon Rodney, Monona Roland, Story Rose Hill, Mahaska Rossville, Allamakee Rowley, Buchanan Ryan, Delaware	Sanborn, O'Brien Searsboro, Poweshiek Seney, Wayne Sexton, Kossuth Seymour, Wayne Shell Rock, Butler Shennadoah, Fremont Sherrill, Dubuque Sidney, Fremont Sigourney, Keokuk Silver City, Woodbury Slater. Story Spencer, Clay Spirit Lake, Dickinson Springville, Linn St. Catherine, (Illinois) St. Mary's, Warren St. Mary's, Linn Staceyville, Mitchell Stanhope, Hamilton Stanwood, Cedar Story City, Story Stratford, Webster Strawberry Point, Clayton Stuart, Adair Stuart, Guthrie Summerset, Adair Summerset, Warren Sumner, Bremer	Tabor, Fremont Taintor, Mahaska Tama, Tama Thor, Humboldt Thorpe, Delaware Traer, Tama Tripoli,Bremer

Union, Hardin Union, Polk Union, Pottawattamie Union, Van Buren	Villisca, Montgomery Vinton, Benton	Wadena, Fayette Walford, Linn Walker, Linn Wallingford, Washington Waterloo, Black Hawk Waterville, Allamakee Waukon, Allamakee Waverly, Bremer Webster City, Hamilton Weller, Monroe Wellsburg, Page Wesley (Sexton), Kossuth West Bend, Palo Alto West Union, Tama Westphalia, Shelby Whitten, Hardin Williams, Hamilton Williamsburg, Iowa Winterset, Madison Winthrop, Buchanan Woodburn, Clark Wyoming, Jones Wyoming, Muscatine	Yarmouth, Des Moines

~Revised by L. Ziemann 2024