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sites. Others remain as clusters of a few
houses. Ghost towns include Boltonville,
Brush Run, Buckeye, Butlerville, Columbia,
Cono, Dayton, Dover, Eureka, Fox, Guinnville,
Helena, Indian Town, Kinisaw, Musquaka,
Potter, Prairie Creek, Riverdale, Salt Creek,
Tamaville, and West Irving. Only two have
been assigned archaeological site numbers:
Butlerville and Dayton�
Jasper Kolonie or the New Jerusalem Society
was another communal German group.
Their Iowa County settlement was affiliated
with the Swedenborgian Church and slightly
pre-dates the establishment of the Amana
Colonies. Although not yet identified as an
archaeological site, it is situated in a farm
field and evidence may remain in the Byway
Corridor�