Welcome to Griffinsville ...
So far, we found very little information about Griffinsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Griffinsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Griffinsville - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Griffinsville, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Griffinsville , we believe that it would have been located within present day Appanoose County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Griffinsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1868.
Time Zone: The area where Griffinsville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Griffinsville would have been located in the (641) area code.
Adding Griffinsville to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Griffinsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Griffinsville post office opened in 1868.
We also found Griffinsville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Griffinsville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Griffinsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Appanoose, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |