bigpigeon.us webpage History > Big Pigeon Area > Nearby Towns > Lost Locales, updated by RAC 18 Oct 2023.
Locales in the Big Pigeon area, such as rural post offices, that have faded from our collective memory:
- Downsville was located along Mosquito Creek between Weston and Underwood in southwestern Norfolk Township. Only the cemetery survives. (post office 1873-1890)
- Harrison was a post office on Loveridge Axtell's farm along North Pigeon Creek in southwestern Boomer Township. It closed in 1884 in favor of the more conveniently-located Reels post office. (post office 1879-1884)
- Pigeon was a post office and general store in central Boomer Township. It closed with the advent of Rural Free Delivery in the area. (post office 1889-1902)
- Reels lay along Pigeon Creek in northwestern Hazel Dell Township. (post office 1884-1904)
- Unionburg, located in Union Township, Harrison County, was first settled in 1850 by Samuel Wood. (post office 1864-?)
- Yorkshire, a village once located in southern Washington Township, Harrison County, was on the Milwaukee Railroad between Neola and Persia. (post office 1884-?)
Excerpts from the 1884 Iowa Gazetteer for some of these locales
Pigeon was not yet established, and I have been unable to find an entry for Yorkshire.
Pigeon was not yet established, and I have been unable to find an entry for Yorkshire.
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Sources for Big Pigeon's History > Big Pigeon Area > Nearby Towns > Lost Locales webpage:
- The webpage heading map showing Pottawattamie County streams is excerpted from https://www.iowadot.gov/research/reports/Year/2003andolder/fullreports/HR-29%20FINAL%20Drainage%20Areas%20of%20Iowa%20Streams.pdf