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BENTONVILLE. A village and station on the C., B. & Q. R. R. about five miles northwest of Corydon. Post office, 1887-95. Formerly called Peoria, Wayne
BEREA. In section 18, Eureka Township. Post office, 1897-1903. Adair
BERKELEY. In floence Township, about one mile eastr of the present town of Norway, as shown on maps of 1863. Benten
BERLIN. A busy village in its day on the line between sections 22 and 23, Jackson Township. Post office 1863-78. Hardin
BERLIN. The name of a post office at the town of Parkhurst (see Parkhurst). Post office from 1839-1845. Scott
BERNINA. In the northeastern part of Black Oak Township. Post office, 1892-1902. Mahaska
BETHEL CITY. A post office in the southern part of Clay Township about two miles west of the present town of Tracy. The name was Bethel City from 1875 to 1883, and was Bethel until it was discontinued in 1884. Marion
BETHEL. A post office (1897-1904) on the east side of section 24, Highland Township. Washington
BETHEL. In sectin 4, Bethel Township. Post office, 1859-77. Fayette
BETHLEHEM. A town platted in 1853 in the southeast corner of section 24, Union Township. Prosperous in its day. Post office, 1852 1902. Wayne
BETHLEHEM. The name first given to the village of East Plattsmouth. (See in Mills County). Mills
BEULAH. (Late Potato Hill). In northwestern part of Conton Township. Post Office, 1857. Benten
BIDDICK. A post office from 1893 to 1902 in the southern part of Pilot Grove Township. Montgomery
BIG GROVE. The early name of the hamlet that later became the town of Oakland. Big Grove was the name of the post office from 1856 to 1881.
(See Bristol) Pottawattamie
BIG GROVE. The name of a post office near or at the location where now stands the town of Fremont, in 1848. The post office of Big Grove was changed to Fremont in January, 1819. Mahaska
BIG MOUND. A hamlet at the common corner of sections 19, 20, 29 and 30, Cedar Township. Post office 1852-1903. Lee
BIG SPRING. A post office (1875-1901) in section 17, Jefferson Township. Wayne
BIG SPRINGS. A post office from 1863 to 1869 in the northeast corner of Oakland Township on the Iowa River. Louisa
BIG WOODS. Listed in the U. S. Official Register of 1847 as a post office in Jones County, and mentioned in the History of Jones County, by R. M. Corbit,
but not found on maps of that period. Thought to have been in Castle Grove Township. Jones
BIGLER'S GROVE. Listed as a post office in 1869, and shown on maps in the eastern part of Magnolia Township. Harrison
BINNS. A post office from 1875 to 1878 in the northern part of Fremont Township. Page
BISMARCK. A town in section 6, Farmersburg Township. Platted in 1875. Post office, 1873-1900. Clayton
BISMARK. Laid out as a town in 1876 in section 36, Pleasant Township, on Grand River, but never built up. Union
BLACK HAWK CITY. A village laid out in 1848 in the southwest corner of section 7, Village Township, south of the Des Moines River und opposite Iowaville.
It became extinct about 1861. Van Buren
BLACK HAWK. A post office from 1895 to 1901 in the southern side of section 29, Marion Township. Davis
BLACK HAWK. The first name of Toolsboro, which see below. Black Hawk was a post office from 1837 to 1841. The government surveyors of 1938 report
in their notes of finding this village and that it had six or eight houses. Louisa
BLACK WALNUT. A post office from 1868 to 1871 and from 1879 to 1881 in the southern part of Walnut Township, near the West Fork of the Des Moines
River. Palo Alto
BLACKMORE. A post office (1880-95) in section 8, Monroe Township. Ringgold
BLADENSBURG. A village laid out in 1853 in the southeastern part of section 9 and the northeastern part of section 16, Pleasant Township.
Post office, 1855-1906. Wapello
BLAINE. In section 26, Maple Valley Township. Post office, 1877-1900. Buena Vista
BLAIR. A post office in the early 1860's in the southeastern part of Washington Township on Silver Creek. Pottawattamie
BLAIRCOWIE. The name first given, and for a short time only, to the present village of Osgood. Palo Alto
BLAIRE CITY. About one mile northeast of the business section of the present city of Cherokee. Plattted in 1869 in expectation of the Illinois Central depot being
located there. Cherokee
BLAKEVILLE. In the northeast corner of sectin 26, Bennington Township. Post office 1856-97. Black Hawk
BLESSING. In section 35, Lincoln Township. Post office, 1897-1900. Black Hawk
BLIEDORN. In the southeast corner of section 14, Grant Township, Post office, 1900-03. Clinton
BLOOMFIELD. Shown on maps of the early 1840's as a town laid out in the western part of Jones County on the north bank of the Wapsipinicon River. Jones
BLOOMFIELD. The name given the village of Ashton (which see above) when it was first established, but which it retained but a short time. Monona
BLOOMING PRAIRIE. A post office from 1878 to 1882 in section 25, Garfield Township. Pocohantas
BLOOMINGDALE. A post office in 1857 and 1858 in section 135, Jefferson Township. Madison
BLOOMINGTON. A post office (1856-64) near the southwest corner of Elkhart Township. Polk
BLOOMINGTON. A post office from 1875 to 1880 and again from 1888 to 1890 in the northeastern part of section 10, Riley Township. Ringgold
BLOOMINGTON. A town laid out in 1857 in the central part of section 25, Franklin Township, about two miles north and one east of the business section of the present city of Ames. The first term of the District Court was held there. Its post office (1858-67) was called Camden. Story
BLUE CUT. The name first given the present village and railroad station of Amber. The post office was Blue Cut from 1873 to 1878. Jones
BLUE POINT. A post office (1860-72) in the northern part of section 26, Washington Township. Poweshiek
BLUE POINT. A post office near the northwest corner of Black Hawk Township, as appears on the maps of 1855, 1856 and 1857. Jefferson
BLUFF CREEK. A post office in the northern part of Bluff Creek Township from 1859 to 1863, and again from 1886 to 1907. Monroe
BLUFF CREEK. A post office in the southeastern part of .Jefferson Township from 1854, with a few intermissions, until 1866. Mahaska
BLUFF DALE. The original name of the post office (1817-53) at the present village of Kingston. Des Moines
BLUFF POINT. Former name of the present town of Turin. Monona
BOARDMAN. A railway station on the Northwestern, and a post office from 1878 to 1883 in the southern part of Lafayette Township, about two miles north of Gilbert. Story
BOIS d'ARC. In the southern part of Grant Township, as shown on maps from 1863-1887. Grundy
BOLTONVILLE. A post office (1871-73) in the southwest corner of section 26, Iowa Township. Iowa
BON ACCORD. The name of the post office from l859 to 1897 at the Village of South Liberty. Johnson
BOOMER GROVE. A post office from 1863 to 1864 in the central part of Boomer Township. Pottawattamie
BOONE SPRINGS. In section 5, deep Creek Township. Post office, 1850-71. Clinton
BOONE STATION. First name of the post office at Montana. Post office, I866-67. Boone
BOONE. According to the maps this post office, which existed under that name from 1853 to 1869, occupied locations in different parts of Boone Township,
but finally came to the site of the present village of Booneville. Dallas
BOONEVILLE. In northern part of section 33, Des Moines Township, just south of the corporate limits of the present city of Boone. A post office was
established there in I850, but on the county seat being established at Boonsboro it was removed to the latter place. Boone
BOONSBORO. The county seat of Boone County. It was located in the northwest quarter of section 29, township 84, range 26, in I851 and the town laid onto
It was a post office from I853 to 1901. It was included in and became a part of the incorporated city of Boone in I892. Boone
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