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Conesville’s post office opened in 1870, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Conesville began, and where its name came from

When was Conesville founded?

1870

The Conesville post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Orono (1861), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 352156 years

How did Conesville get its name?

Conesville was named for Beebe Stewart Cone, a prosperous landowner.

Founding year: the first Conesville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Conesville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Conesville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Conesville.

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Conesville was once a depot on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway. It was named for Beebe Stewart Cone, a prosperous landowner. Beebe S. Cone had previously established himself as a co-owner of a distillery in Conesville, Ohio. The distillery burned down in 1857, but was not rebuilt by him. By 1870, Cone had established himself as a notable farmer in Orono Township in Muscatine County, Iowa.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Conesville, 1861 to 1870

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1861Post officeThe Orono post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe Orono post office closes
  4. 1870Post officeThe Conesville post office opens
By decade

Conesville, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Conesville’s post office has been open since 1870. Another post office, Orono, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Orono
1861–1870
Conesville
1870–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Conesville’s history

What year was Conesville founded?

The Conesville post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

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 →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.