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Burns - post office established __?__; discontinued October 1904 (mail then sent to Hefner); __?__ was the first postmaster |
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Colony was originally Seger Colony. John Seger led a pilgramage of Arapahos (joined later by Cheyennes) to Pond Creek (Cobb Creek) which resulted in the founding of the Seger Indian Colony and the town of Colony. The school was organized long before white settlement. 1998 population was 180 |
Combs - post office established __?__; discontinued July 1904 (mail then sent to Sentinel); ____?__ was the first postmaster |
Cordell |
Corn originally named Korn and was a settlement of Germans. 1998 population was 524 |
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Cowden Junction |
Dill - post office established August 1902; order rescinded September 1902; re-established October 1902; Ellis R. DePriest was the first postmaster. |
Dill City. 1998 population was 676 |
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Friendship - post office established October 1904; discontinued November 1907 (mail then sent to Korn); Mary E. Crank was the first postmaster |
Gid - post office established March 1901; Ella H. Bryan was the first post master |
Hardin - post office established July 21, 1899; changed into Kiowa and Comanche Reservation June 14, 1900; Florence J. Kinman was first postmaster |
Hefner - post office established March 11, 1900, discontinued April 1905 (mail then sent to Canute); William E. Hefner was first postmaster |
Herald - post office from November 1898 to Jun 1902 (mail then sent to Stout); Walter F. McWhorter was first postmaster |
Korn - see Corn |
Lake Valley |
Maharg - post office from June 1898 to Jun 1901 (mail then sent to Foss); John R. Graham was first postmaster |
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Moonan - post office established March 1901, discontinued April 1905 (mail then sent to Dill); Emma Fallen was the first postmaster |
Mountview - post office established _?_; discontinued March 1900 (mail then sent to Segar) __?__ was first postmaster |
Mountain View - previously Oakdale, post office established October 1900; Charles B. Snow was first postmaster; now in Kiowa County, June 14, 1904. Much about the dispute of the "Neutral Strip" including a list of townspeople http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v018/v018p060.html |
Oakdale - changed to Mountain View October 9, 1900 |
Odessa - post office established __?__; discontinued December 1901 (mail then sent to Canterberry) |
Old Retrop |
Plano - post office from Jul 21, 1897 to Mar 1904 (mail then sent to Mountain); Andrew J. McMillan was first postmaster |
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Portland - previously known as Salem; post office established May 1904, discontinued December 1905 (mail then sent to Rocky); James M. Wheeler was the first postmaster |
Rainy - post office established __?__; discontinued May 1905 (mail then sent to Rocky); __?__ was the first postmaster |
Redcliff - post office established July 21, 1900; discontinued __?__; Charles E. Perry was first postmaster |
Redwood - post office established August 1903; discontinued May 1905 (mail then sent to Rocky); James Cummins was the first postmaster |
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Rocky - post office from Jun 1898; John C. Riffle was first postmaster. 1998 population was 189 |
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Scheidel - post office from January 1899 to March 1905 (mail then sent to Foss); Frank J. Scheidemantel was first postmaster. See Iowa Biographies for more about Scheidemantel family. |
Seger - post office established September 30, 1904, discontinued November 1906 (mail then sent to Korn); order rescinded November 1905; discontinued April 1906 (mail then sent to Korn); George Martin was the first postmaster |
Sentinel - post office request March 1899, rescinded July 1899; re-established Oct 1899; Charles W. Brooks was first postmaster. 1998 population was 1032. |
Shelly - post office established _?_, discontinued July 1906 (mail then sent to Cordell); __?__ was the first postmaster |
Stout - previously known as Boggy; post office established June 14, 1899; changed to Bessie May 22, 1903; Benjamin W. Stout was first postmaster |
Sully - post office established April 1902, discontinued April 1906 (mail then sent to Cloud Chief); Arthur D. Berry was the first postmaster. |
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Wilson - see Foss |
Wood - post office established __?__; discontinued September 1902 (mail then sent to Pope); order rescinded September 1902; post office discontinued January 1906 (mail then sent to Port); ______ was the first postmaster. |
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