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         CONCORD TOWNSHIP. Concord Township was originally called Fredonia, and embraced what is now Oakland and Concord. It is bounded on the north by Muscatine County, on the east by Grandview Township, on the west by Columbus City, Union and Oakland Townships, and on the south by Columbus City Township. Among the early settlers of this township were J. C. Sterling, Macajah Reeder, Capt. Wheelock. R. F. Newell, George Stone, Joseph Clark and the Shellabargers. The northeastern portion of the township is fine farming land, while the southern part is sandy bottom land. The township is well drained, and is watered by the Iowa and Cedar Rivers and Indian Creek. It was organized in 1852.

The first school building in Concord Township was erected on land belonging to the father of R. F. Newell. The township now consists of six districts, each of which has a good school-house, and the schools of the township will compare favorably with all others in the county.

The citizens of Concord Township may be considered a church-going people, there being three churches in the township, in addition to two in the village of Fredonia.

The Church of God was established in this township in about 1856, since which time services have been regularly held. Many of the best citizens of the township are member of this church.

Pleasant Grove Church of Concord Township . . .

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. . . was organized in the winter of 1856-57, by Rev. I. Whisler, with nine members. For a number of years they held meetings in a school-house, and in 1870 erected a house of worship at a cost of $2,000. The church has continued to grow, and has a membership of thirty. It has lost about forty by removal. In connection with the church is a flourishing Sunday-school, with about sixty members. Rev. David Kepford, the present pastor, resides in Grundy County, Iowa.

Cedar Bethel Church of Concord Township is located on section 4, and was erected in 1870, at a cost of $1,100.