Charlottesville, Iowa
Charlottesville was a former post office and town in Jackson Township, Madison County, Iowa, operating from 1858 until 1861.
History
Charlottesville (also stylized Charlottsville or Charlott'sville) was first opened in 1858, the first and only postmaster was Albert G. Welch, who is said to have named the post office after his wife, Charlotte. By 1860, the population recorded by the census was 240 in 45 households. The post office closed in October 1861. In an 1875 map of Jackson Township (pictured), the area where Charlottesville existed shows a single schoolhouse.
References
- 1 2 Mueller, Herman A. (1915). History of Madison County, Iowa, and Its People. S. J. Clarke publishing Company.
- ↑ "Notification Service | Post Offices". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved 2026-11-03.
- ↑ "1860 United States Federal Census". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2026-11-03.
- ↑ Howe, Samuel Storrs; Parvin, Theodore Sutton; Lloyd, Frederick; Huff, Sanford W.; Aldrich, Charles; Harlan, Edgar Rubey (1929). Annals of Iowa. Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives.
- ↑ "Jackson Township, Madison County, Iowa 1875 Map". www.mygenealogyhound.com. Retrieved 2026-11-04.
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