Americus (abandoned) A place on the Missouri River a little below the mouth of the Boyer River, as shown on maps of the early 1860s, and on maps a few years later, in the northwestern part of Hazel Dell Township, on Pigeon Creek.
Armour (abandoned) A post office (1883-1907) in the southeastern part of Hardin Township.
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.
Blair (abandoned) A post office in the early 1860s, in the southeastern part of Washington Township on Silver Creek.
Boomer Grove (abandoned) A post office from 1863 to 1864 in the central part of Boomer Township.
Botna – Was Pacific then became Avoca
Boyer (abandoned) Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County in 1855 and believed to have been in Crescent Township.
Bristol (abandoned) A place shown on maps of the late 1850s about two miles north of Big Grove (Oakland), on the east side of the West Nishnabotna River, near what was later Parma.
Bullock Grove (abandoned) A settlement in the north half of the northeast quarter of the east Section 25, and the south half of the southeast quarter of Section 24, Lewis Township, found there when the original survey was made in 1852.
Cartersville (abandoned) A village of about 200 people founded by the surveyors who ran the original lines in 1851. It was about three miles east of Kanesville and just east of Mosquito Creek, and was shown on maps as late as 1869.
Clayton – The name of the present-day town of Macedonia for a brief time in the 1880s, but was changed because another Clayton was found in Clayton County, Iowa.
Cold Spring (abandoned) A post office for a time in the 1850s, in the eastern part of Wright Township.
Council Bluffs (abandoned) Listed in the United States Official Register as a post office from 1851 to 1852, when the office was changed to Trader’s Point (see below). This was before the name of Council Bluffs was given to the present city of that name.
Council Point (abandoned) A place shown on maps from 1855 to 1868, near the shore of Lake Manawa (southwest quarter of Section 15, Township 74, Range 44), some three miles south of the business section of Council Bluffs.
Crescent City (abandoned) About one mile east of the present railroad station and village of Crescent. It was very prosperous in 1857 and was a rival of Council Bluffs, but only for a short time.
Deseret (abandoned) Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County from 1854 to 1855, but the location was not found.
Downsville (abandoned) A hamlet in the northeastern part of Section 31, Norwalk Township, on Mosquito Creek. It was a post office from 1873-1890.
Ellisdale (abandoned) A post office from 1856 to 1857, about two miles south of where later stood Crescent City (see above).
Eminence (abandoned) A village laid out in 1875 in the southern part of Section 28, Grove Township. See Wheeler and Wheeler’s Grove, below).
French (abandoned) Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County from 1896 to 1900, but the location was not found.
Grable (See Loveland)
Harrison (abandoned) A post office from 1879 to 1884, near the southwest corner of Boomer Township.
Iola (abandoned) Laid out as a town in 1856 in the southwest corner of Valley Township and northwest corner of Center Township, but was never built up.
Kane (abandoned) The name of the post office at Kanesville, from 1848 to 1852, when it was changed to Council Bluffs.
Kanesville – The name from 1848 to 1853 of the present city of Council Bluffs. Also see Miller’s Hollow, below.
Keg Creek (abandoned) Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County from 1874 to 1899, with some omissions, but its location was not found.
Kemling (abandoned) A post office (1894-1901) in the southeastern part of Grove Township.
Keown (abandoned) A post office (1896-1892) in the western part of York Township on Keg Creek.
Lima (abandoned) The former name of the present railroad station of Chautauqua, some three miles east of Council Bluffs, as shown on the maps of 1881.
Living Spring (abandoned) A village in the southwestern part of Silver Creek Township. It was listed as a post office from 1875 to 1880, with a few suspensions.
Losh’s Mill (abandoned) A hamelt on the West Nishnabotna River, near the present town of Carson. It was a post office from 1871 to 1875 and 1878 to 1880.
Miller’s Hollow – The name of the hamlet which a little later became Kanesville, then the present-day Council Bluffs.
Morton (abandoned) Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County from 1889 to 1898, but the location was not found.
Nanson (abandoned) Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County from 1888 to 1895, but the location was not found.
Nebraska (abandoned) Listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County from 1849 to 1850, but the location was not found. The office was changed in 1850 to Council Bluffs.
Newtown (abandoned) Laid out in about 1856 in the southeast quarter of Section 21, Knox Township, just east of and adjacent to Wooster (see below). Post office 1856-1865. A prosperous place in its day.
Nishna (abandoned) A hamlet on the West Nishnabotna River near New Town. It was a post office from 1866 to 1869.
Parma (abandoned) A hamlet formerly called Bristol (see above). Parma was also the name of the post office from 1873 to 1883. See Wooster, below.
Pigeon (abandoned) A post office from 1889 to 1902, in the central part of Boomer Township.
Pottawattamie (abandoned) A place in the eastern part of Norwalk Township on Keg Creek, as shown on maps of 1868.
Prairie Flower (abandoned) Listed in 1854 as a post office in Pottawattamie County, but the location was not found.
Reels (abandoned) A post office from 1884 to 1904 in Section 6, Hazel Dell Township.
Scottswood (abandoned) A post office from 1880 to 1886 in Garner Township.
Silver Creek (abandoned) A post office from 1852 to 1856 in the central part of Silver Creek Township.
Snapp (abandoned) A post office from 1881 to 1885 in Hardin Township.
Taylor Station (abandoned) A post office from 1874 to 1883, in the central part of Washington Township. It ran as Taylor from 1883 to 1907.
Trader’s Point (abandoned) In the 1850s, it is said to have been in the northwest quarter of Section 35, Township 74, Range 44, on the bank of the Missouri River, about a half mile north of the Mills County line, but maps after 1870 show it then as being a short distance south of the county line. It is listed as a post office in Pottawattamie County in 1852.
Union (abandoned) A place one mile east of Cartersville (see above), as appears on maps of 1868 and later.
Walnut Creek Station (abandoned) A post office from 1870 to 1875 at or near the current town of Walnut.
Walnut Grove (abandoned) A place near the northwest corner of Hazel Dell Township, as shown on maps of 1856 to 1862.
Waveland (abandoned) A post office (1870-1881) on the south line of Section 26, Waveland Township.
Weston
Wheeler (abandoned) See Wheelers’ Grove (below). Five Million people lived in Wheeler…Mr. and Mrs. Million and their three children.
Wheeler’s Grove (abandoned) A post office at the village of Eminence (see above), from 1866 to 1883, when the name of the post office was changed to Wheeler and continued until 1901. The village also took the name of Wheeler about the same time as did the post office.
Whipple (abandoned) A post office (1876-1886) in the central part of Wright Township.
Willow (abandoned) A hamlet and post office (1860-1866) in the central part of Rockford Township on the Boyer River.,
Wooster (abandoned) Laid out in 1855 in the southwestern part of Section 21, Knox Township. A little later Newtown was laid out adjacent and to the east of Wooster. Later, Parma (see above) occupied a location near where Wooster had stood.