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Chester Township Poweshiek County, Iowa |
Biographies of Chester Township residents A historical sketch of Chester Township, given as a Fourth of July Address, 1881, on the 25th Anniversary of the founding of Chester Township. Bear in mind while reading that President James A. Garfield had just been shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau, on July 2, 1881. Chester Township contains the small communities of Chester Center and Sonora.
~ source: Atlas of Poweshiek County, Iowa, published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1896. Reproduced by the kind permission of the University of Iowa Libraries Map Collection. Click the map for a much larger (and more legible) copy of this map. ~~~~~ Iowa Ghost Towns, Poweshiek County has a listing for "CHESTER CENTER. A post office (1877-1903) in the southern part of section 10, Chester Township. There is still a store there." |
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