Pocahontas County, IA
IAGenWeb Project

Early Settlers and Residents of the County


This is a project by the previous Pocahontas County Coordinator.
Please read the Introduction.


An introduction to this project Click here

Township and range information
How they were platted, the size of each township,
instructions how to figure out the "NW 1/4 of the NW 1/2 of Sec 22",
plus old time measurements explained.
The Land Grants section gives this information so this page has been removed

The development of the townships - 1858 to present timesClick here

Population trends from 1930 to 2000Click here

Bellville Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here

Center Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here

Colfax Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here

Des Moines Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here

Dover Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here

Grant Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here

Lake Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here

Lincoln Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here

Lizard Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here

Powhatan Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here

Sherman Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here

Washington (Cummins) Township - early history, settlers and residentsClick here