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County Information
It is named for the Indian chief of the Fox tribe who signed the treaty ending the Black Hawk War.

County Seat: Montezuma
Square Miles: 585

TOWNSHIPS - The Township Sysytem

Bear Creek
Chester
Deep River
Grant (Grinnell)
Jackson
Jefferson
Lincoln
Madison
Malcom
Pleasant
Scott
Sheridan
Sugar Creek
Union
Warren
Washington

Cities and Towns

Brooklyn
Deep River
Ewart
Grinnell
Guernsey
Hartwick
Malcom
Montezuma
Ottawa
Searsboro

 

 
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Biographies

State Bird and Flower

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Census Data

Historical Info

Marriages

Military Data

News Articles

Obituaries/Deaths

Schools

   
Website Updates:
29 Jan 2010: Towns of Brooklyn, Ewart, Malcom, Montezuma, Ottawa, Searsboro
26 Jan 2010: Townships & Township System
20 Jan 2010: Military - Civil War - In the war
19 Jan 2010: Biographies - HARRY F. LANPHERE, JAMES E. NEELY, LYMAN A. LONGLEY, HENRY ILLIAN, JOHN W. FISHER, W. H. TAYLOR, JOHN F. HATCHER, S. D. WARD, CHARLES C. HUNT, ELDOX LINCOLN HALL, R. L. MORTLAND, C. O. BOWERS, LUCIEN G. C. PEIRCE, ERNEST JAMES HARRIS, GEORGE H. McMURRAY, JOHN BAKER, CHARLES SWECKER, CHARLES H. HALL, WILLIAM McCLURE, JOSEPH D. CARPENTER, EDWIN E. HARRIS, M. D., ROBERT A. MORTLAND, JOHN HENRY STANLEY, FREDERICK ELLIOTT SPAULDING, ERNEST EDWIN LINCOLN, JOHN CAUDLE, PHILIP HEISHMAN, GEORGE H. HAMLIN, JOHN C. MANLY, FRANK E. TERRELL, JAY R. ORCUTT, HENRY J. SCHMIDT, JOHN H. STONE, ALFRED J. EWART, ERNEST HEYWOOD SPAULDING
18 Jan 2010: Historical Info - County Crimes, First Land Entries
Obituaries/Deaths - 1893 Deaths
13 Jan 2010: Births - 1880 Births
11 Jan 2010: Census - 1870 Mortality Index
10 Jan 2010: News Articles;
THE FIRST MARRIAGE RECORD
Census - 1850 Mortality Index, 1860 Mortality Index

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