Corning:
Plat filed March 24, 1879; town laid out in 1868.
Craig: Plat filed
January 14, 1869
Curzon: Located
between Forest City and Forbes; town not filed. Often referred to as “Curzon Switch” because of its
function along the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad line
Dallas: Forbes Township; started 1843, filed April
15, 1856. Located on the Missouri River at the mouth of the Nodaway River
Dehornville:
Mentioned in the Mound City News,
October 23, 1891, “new town, 2 miles north of Maitland,………lots are for
sale”
Finley: Platted June 184l, later October 1841,
became the town of Oregon
Forbes: Platted April 3, 1869
Forest City: First filed May 16, 1857; later
additions filed until 1868. The town was incorporated in 1861
Fortescue: Plat
filed August 8, 1890
Grant: Filed 1861; later became New Point
Helwig:
January 7, 1896; Post office in Richville
community
Hemme’s
Landing: 1844, on the east bank of the
Missouri River, 2 miles west of the site of Corning; a major trading point
between St. Joseph MO and Council
Bluffs IA
Jackson
Point:
Founded in 1840; later absorbed in
the town of Mound City
Jeffery’s Landing-Iowa Point MO-Banks Landing: A
stone building still marks this historic site located south of Oregon along the
early day trail leading to the Missouri River crossing
Lewiston:
July 14, 1854, was located on the
Missouri River a few miles north of West Union
Lewisville:
March 1860 in Lincoln Township; town
was laid out but nothing came of the project
Maitland:
May 12, 1880 plat filed
Marietta: March
15, 1854, River landing in Lincoln Township near Lewisville
Mound
City: Original town filed May 23, 1857;
additions platted later. Town incorporated 1873
Napier: March
20, 1889
New
Point: Town began in 1869. Called Grant
earlier, the name of the town and post office was changed to New Point
North
Point:
Plat filed October 31, 1856. Then
changed to Mound City in 1857
Oregon: Plat filed October 21, 1841; the oldest
town in Holt County now in existence
Petersburg: 1867,
later became Bigelow
Richville: December 18, 1855; located at the site
of the Nodaway River crossing into Holt County
Rush
Bottom:
Southwest of Craig, some miles below Marietta; a post office and river
landing
Tarkio: Located
1 and ¾ miles northwest of the present site of Craig; also known as Big Spring,
was at the foot of the bluff. Had post office and general store
Thorpe’s Mill: Near the site of Oregon,
established 1839, was first Holt County Post Office site before the beginning of
the County
West
Union: January 15, 1854, laid out between
Dallas and the mouth of the Nodaway River
Whig Valley: Began in 1846 ; later known as
White’s Ford from a crossing on the Nodaway River. Platted January l, 1877;
absorbed into Maitland by 1880
*Information gathered for a Holt County Historical
Society Program, November 1997, from newspaper clippings, history books, and
memories of local historians by Elizabeth Burnsides
