  m ). ▁For ▁unknown ▁reasons , ▁the ▁town ' s ▁name ▁was ▁sp elled ▁as ▁Ne ets ville ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 6 ▁until ▁ 1 8 8 6 , ▁when ▁the ▁town ' s ▁post ▁office ▁closed . ▁In ▁its ▁early ▁history ▁from ▁around ▁the ▁ 1 8 1 0 s ▁to ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁Ne ats ville ▁progress ively ▁grew ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁well - est ab lished , ▁incorpor ated ▁town . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁re located ▁twice ▁through ▁the ▁years , ▁once ▁due ▁to ▁flo oding ▁circa ▁ 1 9 0 0 – 1 9 0 2 , ▁which ▁dec im ated ▁the ▁town , ▁and ▁once ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁when ▁the ▁Green ▁River ▁was ▁imp ounded ▁to ▁make ▁way ▁for ▁the ▁Green ▁River ▁Res er voir . ▁ ▁History ▁Vari ous ▁sources ▁and ▁accounts ▁have ▁referred ▁to ▁Ne ats ville ▁as ▁a ▁village , ▁as ▁a ▁postal ▁village , ▁as ▁a ▁ham let ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁town ▁at ▁different ▁times ▁in ▁its ▁history . ▁ ▁The ▁community ▁was ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 0 0 s ▁by ▁the ▁Ne ats , ▁with ▁Rand olph ▁Ne at ▁being ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁ac quire ▁land ▁there . ▁As ▁it ▁expanded , ▁the ▁community ▁grew ▁to ▁en comp ass ▁several ▁stores , ▁a ▁hotel , ▁a ▁doctor ' s ▁office , ▁mill s , ▁a ▁saw mill , ▁dist iller ies , ▁a ▁sal oon , ▁a ▁salt ▁works