Do you know of Castleville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Castleville. 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 Castleville.<1>

Our sources for Castleville (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 Castleville other than they indicate that Castleville would be found somewhere in Buchanan County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1862 and closed  in 1900.

Communities Also Named Castleville ...

We found one communities that share the name Castleville.

Within Iowa, the name Castleville is unique.

Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Castleville in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Benton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Castleville [Benton County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Castleville ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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 Castleville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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.