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

Our sources for Cromwell Center (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 Cromwell Center other than they indicate that Cromwell Center would be found somewhere in Clay County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1893 and closed in 1902.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cromwell Center ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Clay 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 Clay County.

AnnievilleHay Siding
  
ClarkIngleville
Clay Siding 
Corn BeltPlatt
 Prospect
Freeman 
 Summit
Gillett 
 Yankee

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/