Janice,l on place to look for old towns is www.iowaghosttowns.com Scroll down the first page and you will find a link to a page with every town listed on the site, which covers the whole state of Iowa, with the exception of the "w's" they are not complete yet. Mel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Tague" <dicktague@devtex.net> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:05 AM Subject: [IOWA] where is Beldon > > >> Avoid stress Janice, look for the individual, not the locale. In 1880 > Judson >> M. Cox & his father Abner are in Phillips co, Ks. in 1870 they are in >> BELMOND twp, in Wright co. Ia. The town of Belmond is also the post > office >> serving the area. Young Judson was enumerated as 3 y/o Johnson Cox. Dick >> May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! Irish proverb >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <Jrcinsd2@aol.com> >> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 8:00 AM >> Subject: [IOWA] where is Beldon >> >> >> > I have a Judson Mildon COX b. 1866 in Beldon, IA. I can't find out if > it >> was >> > a city, township, or county in 1866. Can anyone direct me to the right >> > source for researching this location? Any help is greatly appreciated. >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - Release Date: 1/12/05 > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >