This is from Bob Bixby. Patriot is listed in alphabetical order. It is also in the 1975 plat book. Old Post Offices and Ghost Town of Decatur County Post Office [Township] Date Est. Date Closed First Postmaster Blockly[Eden] 8 Jan 1885 31 Jan 1908 William M Hamilton Bracewell[Woodland] 30 Jan 1897 13 Feb 1904 Anson A Snow Burrell[Burrell] 11 Aug 1887 15 Aug 1903 William M Carroll Cora[Fayette] 8 Mar 1876 23 Jan 1905 William Francis Crown[Center] 11 Nov 1881 14 Jan 1905 Christian F Lewis Davis City{New Buda] 11 Nov 1868 In Service William F Craig Decatur[Decatur] 7 Oct 1852 In Service Horace Tucker DeKalb[Long Creek] 17 Nov 1881 Maggie DeKalb [formerly Long Creek] Elk Creek[Bloomington] 26 Jul 1864 31 Dec 1900 Christopher Osburn [opened and closed 4 times] Fierce[Long Creek] 2 Jan 1884 31 Mar 1899 William E Fierce Franklin[Center] 16 Jan 1854 18 Oct 1878 Elijah B Hale Funk’s Mill[Grand River] 7 May 1863 11 Feb 1875 Ezra P Soule [opened and closed 3 times] Garden Grove[Garden Grove] 16 Jan 1851 In Service Ozra N Kellogg Gould[Garden Grove] 8 Nov 1880 28 Apr 1881 Benjamin Kirby [Changed to Le Roy Grand River[Richland] 11 Nov 1881 In Service Harry Milligan Green Valley[Richland] 4 Mar 1870 4 Mar 1870 Elias J Smith [opened and closed twice] Highbrier[Eden] 19 Nov 1886 18 Aug 1888 John J Hall High Point[High Point] 30 Aug 1856 15 Nov 1902 Isaac Miller [Spelling changed to Highpoint on 27 Mar 1894] Lamoni[Fayette] 27 Oct 1879 In Service Samuel H Hurley [Formerly Sedgwick] Leon[Center] 4 Apr 1855 In Service Joshua M Davis [Formerly Independence and South Independence] Le Roy[Garden Grove] 28 Apr 1881 Closed Benjamin Kirby Little River[Eden] 17 Feb 1874 26 Apr 1886 Thomas Pitman [Open and closed 3 times] Long Creek[Long Creek] 4 Mar 1870 17 Nov 1881 Benjamin DeKalb [Changed to DeKalb] Morgan[Morgan] 13 Feb 1899 30 Apr 1902 George R Nash New Buda[New Buda] 31 Dec 1850 13 Apr 1880 Ladiclaus Ujhazi Nine Eagles[Hamilton] 5 Nov 1849 Closed Allen Scott [Changed to Pleasanton] Patriot[Franklin] 28 Dec 1869 10 Mar 1884 Albert Bullard Pleasanton[Hamilton] 21 Jun 1870 Closed William S Warnock Prairie Villa[Long Creek?] 26 Sep 1857 18 Jan 1867 James Irving Prairieville[Long Creek] 3 Jul 1876 11 Sep 1876 John Gemmill Sedgewick[Fayette] 9 Feb 1866 27 Oct 1879 John K Andrews South Independence[Center] 13 Dec 1853 4 Apr 1855 Thomas W East [Changed to Leon due to another Independence in Buchanan, Iowa] Spring Valley[Hamilton] 24 Jul 1856 31 Oct 1902 Robert Booth Terre Haute[Burrell] 18 May 1866 28 Jun 1883 Asa F Sullivan Tuskeego[Bloomington] 18 Jul 1873 15 Feb 1919 Simeon Lott Van Wert[Long Creek] 12 Mar 1880 In Service Adam J Johnson Wallaceton [??] 8 Jun 1888 [Never opened] Sir Wm Wallace Weldon[Franklin] 14 Feb. 1881 In Service Lewis G Jamison Westerville[Richland] 10 Mar 1860 15 Nov 1904 Thuron Westervill Woodland[Woodland] 2 Jul 1875 17 Jul 1882 James H Debush [Reestablished 8 Apr 1884 and closed 31 Dec 1918] Ghost Towns [other than the above closed post offices] 1. El Dorado[Eastern Hamilton Township, on 1885 Map] 2. Hungarian Settlement[ NE New Buda Township 1855-1857] 3. Milford[Section 28, Richland Township 1854 changed to Westerville] 4. Paris[Central High Point Township 1856 map] 5. Prairie City, Florence, Prairieville[now Van Wert] 6. Pleasant Plain[now Pleasanton] 7. Turkey Run[NE Center Township 1857 Map]