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         UNION TOWNSHIP. In the extreme northwest corner of the county is the township of Union, which was taken from Columbus City Township, and duly organized Feb. 6, 1854. It lies west of the Iowa River. Its citizens are among the best in the county.

St. Paul’s Reform Church, of Union Township, was organized in Columbus City in 1857, with a membership of twenty-five. They met at Columbus City four years, when the church was moved to Old Clifton, where a house of worship was erected at a cost of $2,500. The church met at this place until 1876, when they moved to their present location on section 5, Union Township, where they now meet with a membership of seventy and a good Sunday-school.