Acknowledgement -- Dedication -- Author's notes -- Chickasaw County History -- Cross Reference -- Alpha -- Altavista -- Bassett -- Beaver City -- Beaver Falls -- Bethany Hall -- Billtown -- Boyd -- Bradford -- Brink -- Bridgeport -- Brooklyn -- Burbank's Place -- Chickasaw -- Chickasaw Centre -- Chickasaw Center -- Chickasaw County Poor Farm -- Chickasaw Station -- Crane Creek -- Crane Creek Station -- Dale -- Dayton Centre -- Dayton Center -- Deerfield -- Devon -- Dover -- Dresden -- Elk Creek -- Ermine Ford -- Five Corners -- Forest City -- Fredericksburgh -- Greenville - Greenwood -- Hunters Home -- Indiantown -- Ionia Station -- Irish Ridge -- Jacksonville -- Jerico -- Lee Crossing -- Little Turkey -- Mapleville -- Milan -- Milton -- Nansen -- North Washington -- Obispo -- Pearl Rock -- Pike's Corner -- Plum Creek -- Prosper -- Richland Center -- Republic -- Richfield -- Riverton -- Reilly Settlement or Ridge -- Saint Peters -- Saude -- Stapleton -- Sunny Dell -- Upper Big Woods -- Up the Creek -- Utica -- Yankee -- Waucoma -- Williamstown -- Winter's Lake -- Woodbridge -- Yourvee -- Zello/Zillo -- Conclusion -- About the Author.
Summary:
Lost Chickasaw County profiles 70 named locations within Chickasaw County; Not all were towns, but a;; played an important role in the history of Iowa. Have you heard of Bradford Falls or Zillo? Ermine Falls and Upper Big Woods? Elk Creek was a previous name for Alta Vista, just as Greenwood and Woodbridge were early names for Nashua. Billtown was a nickname for Williamstown, but have you heard of Up the Creek? Some name modifications were simple spelling changes such as Fredericksburgh for Fredericksburg or Dayton Centre for Dayton Center. Railroad stops were Crane Creek Station, Ionia Station and Chickasaw Station. Did you know New Hampton was first called Chickasaw Center? Twenty-nine of the places were post offices. f you have any connection to Chickasaw County, you will want to read this book! We bet you will learn something you didn't know.
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