Do you know of Middlefield ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Middlefield. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Middlefield.

Our sources for Middlefield (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Middlefield other than they indicate that Middlefield would be found somewhere in Buchanan County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1868 and closed  in 1902.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Middlefield ...

We found five communities that share the name Middlefield.

Within Iowa, the name Middlefield is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Connecticut
    • Middlesex County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Middlefield [Middlesex County].
  • Massachusetts
    • Hampshire County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Middlefield [Hampshire County].
  • New York
    • Otsego County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Middlefield [Otsego County].
  • Nova Scotia
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Middlefield.
  • Ohio
    • Geauga County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Middlefield [Geauga County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Middlefield ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Middlefield:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Middlefield - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Buchanan County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Buchanan County.