Other Communities

  • Alice had a post office opened May 5, 1893 and closed September 26, 1894.
  • Cypress Hill Post Office was established July 2, 1867 and was closed October 26, 1887.  It was reopened April 11, 1888 and finally discontinued October 31, 1892.
  • Grant Post Office was opened May 11, 1887 and closed April 23, 1895.
  • Head was located in the southwest part of Grassy Township. It is not known whether it was in a store or a home. There is said to have been a post office there but no record of it can be found.
  • Lake Arcadia is within the R.F.D. routes of Marion Post Office but its location is not known or whether it was only a lake or was a community.
  • Mead was a post office opened June 17, 1889 and closed January 31, 1901. Nathaniel Mead was the postmaster. It may have been in his home.
  • Perth post office opened April 24, 1900 and was closed August 21, 1901.
  • Prairie Hill post office was established December 9, 1854 and discontinued August 29, 1869.
  • Sampville post office was opened January 30, 1894 and closed June 20, 1899. The postmaster was named Sampson.

    1908 Sterns Outlots Plat Map

    1908 Sterns Outlots Plat Map

1908 Orville Plat Map

1908 Orville Plat Map

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(Ghost Towns of Southern Illinois, by Glenn J. Sneed, published 1977)