SPUALDING

Spaulding was established in 1879 in the northwest corner of section 11 Spaulding Township.   It was built on the north branch of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.   Being 8 miles from Creston and 5 miles from Orient, it was an ideal life stock shipping point.  The town was comprised of the depot and stockyards, lumber yard,  general store, two grain elevators, a bank and a Methodist Church.  It had a post office from 1879 – 1933.  No record has been found that the town was ever incorporated.  I could find no record for any city officials being elected on sample ballots that were printed in the newspapers for any time period.  Only a few houses remain today (2025).