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Do you know of Fierce ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1899.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fierce ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Decatur 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 Decatur County.

Bethany JunctionHighbrier
Bracewell 
BurrellLittle River
 Long Creek
Cora 
CrownNine Eagles
  
DecaturPatriot
DeKalbPrairieville
  
ElkSmith's
 South Independence
Franklin 
 Tuskeega
Giles 
 Westerville

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 their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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