IAGenWeb Project - Clayton co.


Clayton co.
Postoffices & Postmasters
1849 - 1916


This information may be incomplete for any of the years given

From 1836 to 1864 postmasters were appointed by the President of the United States. The position of Postmaster was very much a political appointment, and often there was fierce competition for the job. Selections for postmasters were made by Congressmen under a complicated "advisor" system, requiring a would-be postmaster to solicit the support of his Congressional Representative or Senator, then Presidential nomination to the Senate, and finally Senate confirmation.*

This page was updated May 3, 2011

1846

Post Offices established in the State of Iowa, since 1st December, 1846, taken from the books of the Post Office Department:
Clayton county: Guttenburg & Elkader

 
1849

Postoffice & Postmasters
May 30 -- Garnavillo, Clayton county, David G. Rogers, P.M.
June/July -- Elkader, Clayton county, Horace D. Brownson
Aug/Sept -- Elkport, Clayton county, John B. Blanchard
Aug/Sept. -- Monona, Clayton county, Phineas P. Olmstead

 
1851

December 1851 -- the following new Post Offices have been established: Panther Creek, Clayton county, E.C. Forbes, P.M.

 
1860

Post-offices & the Postmasters serving them:

Cass ... John D. Martin
Clayton ... Alex Falconer
Communia ... Jas. Venus
Cox Creek ... G.S. Peck
Elkader ... Buel Knapp
Farmersburgh ... S. Huntington
Garnavillo ... C.W. Hagensiek
Gem ... Benj. D. Worthing
Giard ... Leverett Seymour
Grand Meadow ... L. Edson
Guttenburgh ... John P. Kriebs
Highland ... Daniel Lowe
High Grove ... M. Callaghan
Honey Creek ... A. Marshall
Little Port ... D. Quigley
Locust Hill ... G.A. Gooding
McGregor ... A.P. Richardson
Milville ... Henry Cassel
Monona ... Horace Emery
National ... N. Slaughter
New Stand ... J. Lockridge
Panther Creek ... M.M. Vanicle
Peck's Ferry ... J.H. Bowman
Read ... Jno. L. Hagensick
Spencer ... C.C. Smettsger
Strawberry Point ... E.P. Rawson
Volga City ... Alva Bevins
Yankee Settlement ... J.T. Belknap
 
1861

Weekly Times, Dubuque, April 4, 1861 - C.F. Glass, appointed postmaster at Guttenberg

 
1864-1940 Luana

Luana's Postmasters 1864-1940. Date given is date of appointment.
James Monroe Chapman, Nov. 1864
William Mott, February, 1868
Wallace W. Pettit, August, 1878
Andrew M. Bronson, September 1881
Tom W. Burgess, March 1886
Alpheus Ernst, August 1889
John Hurley, Jr., July 1893
James M. Chapman, January, 1898
Susan M. Chapman, November 1905-Sept 1940

~source: Postville Herald, October 2, 1940

 
1878 - 1882

Postoffice changes during the week ending August 31, 1878:
Postmasters Appointed-
Luana, Clayton county, W.W. Pettit

Post office changes for the week ending May 3, 1879:
Postmasters appointed -
Wagner, Clayton county, Henry Walter

Post Office Changes for the week ending March 13, 1880:
Established -
Updegraff, Clayton county, Daniel Riuinger, postmaster

Postoffice changes for the week ending February 4, 1882:
Discontinued-
Pine Mills, Clayton county

 
1904 Clayton county Postoffices
Beulah
Clayton
East Elkport
Edgewood
Elkader
Elkport
Farmersburg
Froelich
Garber
Garnavillo
Graham
Gunder
Guttenburg
Little Port
Luana
McGregor
Mederville
Millville
Monona
National
North Buena Vista
North McGregor
Osborne
Osterdock
Saint Olaf
Saint Sebald
Strawberry Point
Turkey River
Updegraff
Volga
Watson
Wood
 
1916 Clayton county Postoffices
Clayton
Edgewood
Elkader
Elkport
Froelich
Garber
Garnavillo
Guttenburg
Luana
McGregor
Mederville
Monona
North Buena Vista
North McGregor
Osborne
Osterdock
Saint Olaf
Saint Sebald
Strawberry Point
Turkey River
Volga

Postoffices discontinued by 1916:
Gunder - served by Postville, Allamakee county
National - served by McGregor
Watson - served by McGregor
Wood - served by Edgewood

~sources:
-background information was taken from "US Postal Service History"
-Burlington Hawk Eye, misc. issues
-Weekly Times, Dubuque, April 4, 1861
-
owa State Almanac & Statistical Register, 1860
-Iowa Official Register
1904, compiled by W.B. Martin, Secretary of State  and
-Iowa Official Register 1915-16, compiled under the supervision of William S. Allen, Secretary of State, by Henry C. Baumgartner
~data compiled by S. Ferrall
for Clayton co. IAGenWeb

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