DENNY.

The first postoffice in the township, and, with the exception of the one at Monmouth, the first in the county, was established in 1831 at the Rockwell & Ruffum mill and was given the name of Cedar Creek Postoffice. Jonathan Buffum was the first postmaster, but he was succeeded by L. P. Rockwell, when he disposed of his interest in the mill in 1832, and the latter held the position for twenty years

. In 1851 the name of the office was changed to Denny, and it so remained until the establishment of the postoffice at Eleanor, only three-quarters of a mile away. There were at one time several stores at Denny, but now, were it not for the name that still attaches to the district school, the place would be only a memory. Miss Betsy Hopper taught school in the township here in 1834.

 

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