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The Carson post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1881. Another post office, Losh's Mills (1871), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carson’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Carson.
Carson was formed in 1881 as a result of the establishment of a depot on the Burlington and Rock Island Railroad at this location during the previous year. Carson is within the Riverside Community School District. The district formed on July 1, 1993 with the merger of the Carson-Macedonia and Oakland districts.
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Passages that mention Carson, cut from the printed page as they were published.
be included in any annals of Macedonia Township, inasmuch as it has been authoritatively set off to assist in constituting the new township of Carson. One of the most important improvements in Macedoni a Township was the construction of a King iron bridge, 100 feet long, in 1872, to replace the old wooden structm-e put there in the early
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ness, but on account of failing healtii he engaged in farming. In 1877 he came to Pottowattamie County and purchased 128 acres of wild land on section 2, Carson Township, situated one and a half miles from Carson, and part of it adjoins the town of Carson. Mr. Sides is an active business man, and besides his farm interests he is engaged
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According to the state census of 1905 there were in Carson township, exclusive of city, one hundred and ninety-one persons of school age, of which ninety-two were males and ninety-nine females. In town of Carson there were one hundred and eighty-one, of which eighty were males and one hundred and one females.
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In addition to the town of Macedonia, we find the enterprising town of Carson in this township, with elevator, stores, hotel and the Carson Fau-deaJer, edited and published b_v Messrs. Jullian and McManima. This town is at the junction of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroads. These two towns give to the citi-
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Carson’s post office has been open since 1880. Another post office, Losh's Mills, opened and closed inside today’s town.
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The Carson post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1881.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
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