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Greene
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| *Adaza (sec 7, Highland Twp) *Angus (sec 36, Washington Twp, S of Surry; part of town in sec 31, Union Twp, Boone Co.) Cedar Creek (central Cedar Twp 1869-81) *'Coon Siding or Raccoon Siding (settlement along Raccoon River; sec 9, Jackson Twp) Eureka (sec 11, Jackson Twp) |
| Forbes Station (betw Jefferson & Farlin) *Graveley (along Hwy 30, between Jefferson and Scranton) Green Castle (SW Washington Twp 1857-1862) Greenops (central Kendrick Twp 1855-1857) Greys (central Cedar Twp 1868-69) Hardin (4 mi SE of Jefferson Grant Twp near Hardin Creek) Havanna (NW Kendrick Twp 1857-1862) *Hope (railroad station; sec 1, Paton Twp) Kendrick (central Kendrick Twp 1863-67) New Jefferson (1859-1867; now the present city of Jefferson) Northville (northern Kendrick Twp, then moved to S Cedar Twp 1865-81) Paduca (SE Washington Twp 1857-68) Rippey (sec 7 Washington Twp 1857-80; when railroad was built 4 mi to the E, "Old Rippey" was moved to the present town of Rippey) *Sarney(Cedar Twp) Scranton City (present town of Scranton from 1880-89) Scranton Station (present town of Scranton from 1869-80) *Surry or Surry Town (sec 26, Washington Twp betw. Rippey and Angus) *Winkleman Switch (railroad station; Sec 28, Grant Twp) Source: Mott, D.C. Abandoned Towns, Villages and Post Offices of Iowa, J.W. Hoffman & S.L. Purington Publishers, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1973 as reprinted from The Annals of Iowa, Vols. XVII & XVIII 1930-1932. * personal recollections of local historians; not listed in above source |