This was a rural post office established October 30, 1882 with James M. Reed pm. Mr. Reed, a Civil War veteran, homesteade4d in NE 1/4 Sec. 29-143-81, Nettle Creek Twp., seven miles WNW of Wilton. The post office closed April 14, 1884 with mail to Falconer, which was established one mile to the SE on this date.

This was a rural community founded in the 1880's and named of Samuel Falconer, a native of Lancaster, Ontario, Canada, who had been a United States Receiver of the Ports in Sitka, AK before homesteading in this area. He originally spelled his family name as Faulkner. Others say it was named for Angus Falconer, another local pioneer. The post office was established April 14, 1884 with Samuel Falconer pm. It was located in NE 1/4 Sec. 33-143-81, Nettle Creek Twp., one mile SE of the Reed post office which it replaced. J.C. Every operated a hotel on Painted Woods Lake two miles to the north, and the community also had a school. The post office closed October 31, 1905 with mail to Washburn. It reopened September 14, 1910, closing for good July 15, 1913 with mail again to Washburn. The school was the first in McLean County, and the hotel was for many years a popular stopping point on the trail between Fort Stevenson and Bismark.

This rural community was founded in 1882 by several Scandinavian families who had come from Hudson, WI, which was named in 1852 by Alfred Day, who thought that the St. Croix River here resembled the Hudson River in NY. It was located in Sec. 5-143-81, Nettle Creek Twp., on the east bank of the Missouri River four miles SE of Washburn. In 1883 it was renamed Sverdrup for Johan Sverdrup (1816-1892), the Prime Minister of Norway 1884-1889. Little development occurred, and most of the settlers relocated to Washburn, where the First Lutheran Church congregation is considered to be the continuation of the Sverdrup settlement.

This was a rural community founded in June 1882 by twenty-two Jewish families from South Russia that had been sponsored by the Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society of New York City. The name noted the famous city in the Holy Land. Farming was about the only way to make a living at this site in Sec. 16-143-81, Nettle Creek Twp., between Wilton and the Missouri River, and these people had little or no experience in that occupation. The site was abandoned in 1883, and many of the settlers moved to nearby townsites where they became merchants.

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