Earliest
settlers were John and Joseph Dowding. They were followed by the Jennis
family. By August 1870, Hiram Lord and family arrived from Michigan.
First Events Birth and Death: a son born to John H. Johnson in the fall of 1870. He lived only a month. Marriage: John H. Dowding in the autumn of 1870 Schoolhouse: a frame-house built in 1873. Teacher was Miss Ella Fairfield
Churches Methodist Episcopal Church organized in 1880
Cemeteries Diamond Cemetery
Geographical Diamond Township covers an area of 35.68 square miles (92.4 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. Diamond Twp - WikiPedia
SOURCES:
The township history was excerpted from Biographical History of
Cherokee County. W. S. Dunbar & Co., 1889. The township map is from
Plat Book of Cherokee County, Iowa, W.W. Hixon & Co.,
Rockford, IL., 1930
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