Iowa State Gazetteer - 1865

Chicago: Published by Baily & Hair, at the office of the City Directory, 162 Clark Street: 1865


Appanoose County information, transcribed by Renee Rimmert.    A complete copy of this book is available on-line at hathitrust.org.


Centreville*,  the county seat, is located on Sec. 36, in township 69, N. of Range 18 W.   It is an incorporated town of about 1,200 inhabitants.   It has no railroad or river facilities for transportation at this time, though it is expected that the Nebraska City & Iowa State Line Railroad will soon be completed to this point.  It is about thirty-five miles from Ottumwa, the nearest present shipping point.   A large woolen factory is being build about one mile from the town by Messrs. Talbott & Gardner.  Of churches, the Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, United Presbyterians, Cumberland Presbyterians and Christians, each have an organization.   The Presbyterians, Methodists and Baptists each have a respectable church edifice.

The town is organized into an independent school district, and is preparing to build a large graded school building, at an estimated cost of about eighteen thousand dollars.  There is here a Lodge of I. O. O. F., No. 77, which meets every Saturday evening, a Masonic Lodge, which meets the Friday evening next preceding the full moon, and a Lodge of Good Templars, which meets every Monday evening.  There is one weekly newspaper published by D. L. Strickler, called the Loyal Citizen, and one National Bank, having a capital stock of $50,000.

There are ten dry goods stores and six family groceries, and one stove and tin store. It may be considered one of the best business towns in Southern Iowa, with bright prospects in the future.

* ed. note: the original name of the town submitted for the postoffice was Senterville, this was thought to be a mis-spelling and was changed to Centreville and then to Centerville.


Moravia,  is situated in Taylor township, in the northern portion of the county.   It has one church and a Lodge of Good Templars.  Also three general stores, one drug store, one carding machine, and one plow and corn planter manufactory.  Population 200.


Unionville,  is in the northwestern portion of the county, twelve miles from Centreville.  It contains two churches, Baptist and Methodist, and Unionville Lodge, No. 119, A. F. & A. M., and Ben Butler Lodge, No. 58 I. O. G. T.  Also two general stores, one drug store, and one flour and saw-mill.  Population 250; township 400.


Caldwell,  is in a township of the same name, eight miles from Centreville, on the Chariton river.  It contains three churches, Baptist, Christian and Methodist; also one flour mill, three saw mills, and one general store.  Population of township, 985.


Livingston,  is in the centre of Franklin township, in the western part of the county, fourteen miles southwest of Centreville.  It has a Baptist church, one drug store, one grocery, one flouring mill and one saw-mill.  Population of village, 75; of the township 500.


Cincinnati,  is in the southern portion of the county, in Pleasant township.  It contains three churches, three general stores, one flour mill, and two saw-mills.  Population, 80; of township, 800.


Iconium, in the northeastern portion of the county, contains two general stores and one grocery.


Numa, as small village, contains one store.


Wells Mills*, in the southeastern part of the county, on the Chariton River, contains one general store, one grocery and one flour mill. (*name later changed to Hilltown)


Orleans, is in the eastern part of the county, twelve miles from Centerville.  It has one Christian Church, and a Lodge of Good Templars; also two general stores.  Population, 100.


Beetrace, is situated six miles east of Centerville, in Washington township, on the road to Bloomfield.  It contains two churches, Methodist and Baptist.  The township is principally prairie.


There are also the villages and post offices of Dennis,  Hibbsville,  Jerome,  Johnstown,  Memphis and Welland.



Names of Iowa Subscribers - Centerville
  
Alexander, W. B. - grocer
Beard, J. D. - clergyman
Bennett, L. J. - jeweler
Brannen, William - blacksmith
Brown, P. A. - tanner
Campbell, D. C. - cashier First National Bank
Clarke, W. - general store
Drake & Kirkham - general store
Dye, Frederick - grocer
Fenton, B. - general store
Fenton, J. C. - general store
Gardner, D. N. - woolen goods
Glenn, R. N. - druggist
Goss, Joseph - general store
Hakes, Henry - druggist
Hanis, A. - lawyer
Hough, J. H. - general store
McCreary, Thomas J. - saddles and harness
Mills, J. - lawyer
Moore, S. M. - county judge
Morrett, Wm. Penn - photographer
Morris, Robert S. - hardware
Pratt, George - hotel
Reahard, William - saddles and harness
Rummel, J. - county clerk
Stansberry, G. S. - county treasurer
Stephenson, Robert - physician and dentist
Stier, John - saddles and harness
Strickler, D. L. - editor Loyal Citizen
Talbot, John A. - saw and flour mill
Tannehill, H. - lawyer
Whitsell, S. - harness and saddles
Wilson, T. O. - confectioner
Wright, S. W. - druggist


Business Classifieds

Banks


Blacksmiths


Boot and Shoe Manufacturers and Dealers


Brick Manufacturers


Cabinetware Mnfrs. & Dealers


Carpenters and Builders


Carriage and Wagon Makers


Clergymen


Coal Miners and Dealers


Confectionery, Fruit & c.


Coopers


Dentists


Druggists


Flour Mills


General Stores


Grain and Produce Dealers


Grocers


Gunsmiths


Hardware and Cutlery


Hotels


Insurance Agents


Lawyers


Live Stock Dealers


Livery Stables


Lumber Dealers


Machinists


Masons


Millers


Milliners and Dealers in Millinery Goods


Music and Musical Instruments, Dealers in.


Music Teachers


Newspapers


Photographs, Ambrotypes, etc.


Physicians and Surgeons


Real Estate Agents and Dealers


Saddle and Harness Mnfrs.


Saddlery Hardware


Saloons


Sash, Door and Blind Manufacturers


Saw Mills


Tanners and Curriers


Wagon Makers


Watches, Clocks & Jewelry


Woolen Goods, Manufacturers of.