1843-47 Plat of Jasper County*

1843-47 Jasper County, Iowa Plat Map

Key to Map 

A - Large Indian Village of Chief Poweshiek

B - Approximate location of current S. G. Cemetery

C - Treaty Line that whites couldn't settle until after 1847 when the Indians had to be moved on west.

D - Newton City - it had five houses

E - North Skunk River

F - Newton City to Oskaloosa Road

G - South Skunk River

H - Road to Fort Des Moines


* Original map is located in the Iowa State Archives building in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Created July 2001 by Barbara Lane Hug.