Do you know of Grand Meadow ???

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

Our sources for Grand Meadow (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 Grand Meadow other than they indicate that Grand Meadow would be found somewhere in Clayton County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1854 and closed  in 1863.

Communities Also Named Grand Meadow ...

We found one communities that share the name Grand Meadow.

Within Iowa, the name Grand Meadow is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Minnesota
    • Mower County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Grand Meadow [Mower County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Grand Meadow ...

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

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.

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

More Orphans in  Clayton County ...

Can you help?

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 Clayton County.