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Re: Jesse Sutton and "Stumptown"

SUTTON, BAKER, BARKER, HOLCOMB

Posted By: Volunteer - Rich Lowe (email)
Date: 6/18/2002 at 21:12:38

In Response To: Jesse Sutton and "Stumptown" (Mark A. Hogan)

You may already know this about "Stumptown".

STUMPTOWN. The local name given to the village of Independent, after George Stump, the proprietor. See Independent.

INDEPENDENT. The site of this village was on sections 8 and 17 of Village Township, east of the Des Moines River. It was laid out in the fall of 1851 by George Stump, the proprietor, and was commonly known as Stumptown, after its founder. George Stump was also the first surveyor and the second postmaster. The village flourished for many years and it became a station on the old Keokuk and Des Moines (later the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific) Railroad. It was apparently so named Independent because it was a separate or independent village from Iowaville, about a mile to the west. It is now known as Selma. A post office was established in an early day and named Hickory which was its name as late as 1882. For the history of the post office see Selma.

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