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How
Postville Got it's Name: |
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John
W. Elliott brought his family to Joliet Township from Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, near Carlisle, in the early 1870's. He obtained his
homestead land (SW 1/4 of Section 23, 160 acres) from the Union Pacific
Railroad Company on May 27, 1876 at the cost of $680.00. |
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On
September 26, 1878, Mr. Elliott made application to the U.S. Post
Office Department to have the Post Office moved from Wolf, Nebraska
in Burrows Township; 3 miles east which was on the east side of the
Shell Creek and on the Columbus to Lindsay route. Mr. Wolf and Mr.
Burrows were land owners in this area at the time. |
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Mr.
Elliott claimed on his application by moving the Post Office to the
west side of the Shell Creek on the Columbus to Lindsay route, it
would shorten the mail route by 3 miles. The application was approved
on October 12, 1878. |
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Mr.
Elliott named the new Post Office, Postville, after a good friend
of his, Alfred M. Post who lived in Columbus, Nebraska. Mr. Post was
a lawyer and was a Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court. Mr.
Elliott believed that Postville, Nebraska would grow and become a
prominent location in history and he wanted his friend, Mr. Post,
to be part of that history and have a town named after him. The recorded
population of Postville, Nebraska in 1900 was 47. |
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Mr.
Elliott served as the Postville Post Office Postmaster from October
17, 1878 to October 3, 1881. His son Hanson S. Elliott served as Postmaster
from October 3, 1881 to February 5, 1896. Mr. Thomas Jones served
as Postmaster from February 5, 1896 to September 30, 1902, at which
time the Postville, Nebraska Post Office was discontinued and the
papers were transferred to Monroe, Nebraska. The Postville, Nebraska
Post Office was in service from October 17, 1878 to September 30,
1902 for a total of 24 years. |
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This
is why the First Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, founded December
6, 1881, later became know as the Postville Welsh Church and Cemetery. |
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