Do you know of North River ???

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

Our sources for North River (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 North River other than they indicate that North River would be found somewhere in Madison County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1872 and closed  in 1876.

Communities Also Named North River ...

We found eight communities that share the name North River.

Within Iowa, the name North River is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, five are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Missouri
    • Marion County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of North River [Marion County].
  • New York
    • Warren County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of North River [Warren County].
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of North River.
  • North Carolina
    • Carteret County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of North River [Carteret County].
  • North Dakota
    • Cass County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of North River [Cass County].
  • Nova Scotia
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of North River.
  • Prince Edward Island
    • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of North River.
  • Virginia
    • Rockingham County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of North River [Rockingham County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for North River ...

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

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.

More Orphans in  Madison 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 Madison County.