Do you know of Osprey ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1880 and closed in 1882.

Communities Also Named Osprey ...

We found four communities that share the name Osprey.

Within Iowa, the name Osprey is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Manatee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Osprey [Manatee County].
  - Sarasota County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Osprey [Sarasota County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Osprey.
- North Carolina
  - Dare County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Osprey [Dare County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Osprey ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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 Dallas 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 Dallas County.

Alton
	Langfitt
Boone	Linn
Brough
	Nordyk
Chattanooga
Chestnut Ford	Penoach
Chicago
	Snyder
Ephesus
	Uncle Sam
Fairland
	Waukee Station
Hadden Hill

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>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Osprey could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/