Do you know of Golden Prairie ???

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

Our sources for Golden Prairie (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 Golden Prairie other than they indicate that Golden Prairie would be found somewhere in Delaware County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1870 and closed  in 1883.

Communities Also Named Golden Prairie ...

We found one communities that share the name Golden Prairie.

Within Iowa, the name Golden Prairie is unique.

Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Golden Prairie in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Saskatchewan
    • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Golden Prairie.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Golden Prairie ...

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

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.

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

More Orphans in  Delaware 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 Delaware County.