Cerro Gordo County IA Post Cards

Cerro Gordo County Iowa
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Cerro Gordo County, 1897

Cerro Gordo County Courthouse
Mason City, Iowa

1900	circa 1905	circa 1908
1910	1915	circa 1920
Civil War Monument Close-up of Plaque	Civil War Monument Mason City Park	Civil War Monument Mason City Park
Mason City G.A.R. Week Parade 1912	Veterans Monument Mason City

Bath
Bath, located near the center of Bath Township,
was a post office from 1867-69, today is a ghost town.

Bear Trap

Chicago Northwestern Railroad, 1992

Burchinal

Chicago Great Western Railroad, 1978

Chicago NorthWestern Railroad, 1987

Cameron

Chicago Northwestern Railroad, 1988

Cartersville

Clear Lake
Clear Lake, named for the large lake on which it is located, was incorporated on May 26, 1871.
Clear Lake had a population of 8,161 ~ 2000 census.
Clear Lake Photographs & Post Cards

Clear Lake City
Clear Lake City, located in the southeastern portion of Clear Lake Township
and along the southeastern shore of Clear Lake, was a post office from 1857 to 1861.

Coldwater
Coldwater, located near the southeastern corner of Doughterty Township,
was a post office from 1889 to 1897.

Coldwater Baseball Team

Coldwater Creek

Creamery
Creamery, located in the central part of Lincoln Township,
was a post office from 1889 - 1900.

Dougherty
Dougherty had a population of 80 ~ 2000 census.

Main Street, 1908	Dougherty Township School No. 1	Train Elevator Fire
World War II Honor Roll	Corner Gas Station	4th of July
	Dougherty Town Band
August Days	August Days	St. Patrick's Church and Cemetery

Emery

Iowa Terminal Railroad, 1986

Flint

CRIPac Railroad, 1988

Freeman

Geneseo
Geneseo, located in the northern part of Geneseo Township,
was a post office from 1861 to 1869.

Hanford

Hurley

CRIPac Railroad, 1988

Lime Creek
Lime Creek, not found of maps of the period,
was listed in the U.S. Offical Register as a post office from 1869 - 1871.

Linn
Linn operated as a post office in 1861
and was located in the northern part of Geneseo Township.

Livonia
Located in section 18 of Lake Township and a short distance east of the east edge of Clear Lake,
Livonia was named the county's seat in 1857 and the village began to grow.
The following year, 1858, the county seat was relocated.

Mason City
Mason City had a population of 29,172 ~ 2000 census.
Mason City Photographs & Post Cards

Masonic Grove
Masonic Grove was the pioneer name of Mason City.

Meservey
Meservey, founded in 1886 shortly after a railroad line was built which connected
Mason City and Fort Dodge, was named after the MESERVEY Brothers, employees of the railroad at the time.
The western portion was originally called "Kausville" and eventually merged into Meservey.
Legally, it is still known as the "Kausville Addition." Meservey had a population of 252 ~ 2000 census.

Chicago Great Western Depot, 1967

Chicago Great Western Railroad, 1980

Nora Springs
Nora Springs is located along the Shell Rock River
and is situated in both Cerro Gordo and Floyd Counties.
Nora Springs had a population of 1,532 ~ 2000 census.

Owen
Located in the central portion of Owen Township,
the village of Owen was a post office operating from 1889 to 1900.

Owen's Grove
A post office in operation from 1857 to 1871,
Owen's Grove was located near the southwestern corner of Portland Township.

Pack

CRIPac Depot, 1979

Plymouth
Plymouth, located along the Shell Rock River,
had a population of 429 ~ 2000 census.

Plymouth Store, circa 1915

Plymouth Depot

Iowa Northern Railroad

Plymouth Junction

Portland

CRIPac Depot, 1968

The Hub Clothing Store

Rock
A post office from 1863 to 1889,
Rock was located near the northwestern corner of Lincoln Township.

Rock Falls
Rock Falls, located along the Shell Rock River,
had a population of 170 ~ 2000 census.

Rock Falls Bridge	Rock Falls - Nora Springs High School	Rock Falls Cemetery
YEZEK Barn, before	YEZEK Barn, after

The YEZEK barn, measuring 32 x 52 with a metal cupola, was built in 1930 and is one of the only barns still standing in the area.
When the YEZEKS began restoration, the barn was in a state of vulnerable condition. The barn was featured on the
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 Iowa Barn Foundation's All-State Barn Tour.
It is located from Rock Falls, 1 mile north on the county blacktop on the east side of the road.

Rockwell
Rockwell is part of the Rockwell-Swaledale School District
and is the home of West Fork Elementary and Middle School.
The school mascot is the Warhawk with the high school located
in the neighboring town of Sheffield.
Rockwell had a population of 989 ~ 2000 census.

Main Street, 1920	Rockwell Depot, 1967 Minneapolis-St. Louis Railroad	Minneapolis-St. Louis Railroad Rockwell, 1983
Methodist Church	Sacred Heart Academy, 1908	Sacred Heart Academy, 1914
1st Baptist Church	Methodist Church	Main Street, early 1950's