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| Sac County was established and the boundaries
recieved the same date, 15 January 1851. It was attached to Green county in 1855.
In 1856 it was given a separate organization and county officials were elected.
The county records shot what an attempt was made to have the seat of justice
centrally located. A petition was presented to Judge Samuel H. Riddle of the 7th
Judicial District, asking for commissioners to be appointed. The Judge appointed
Jesse Mason, E. Buterick, and Dr Bonnie to select the site. For some unknown reason
Judge C. J. McFarland of Green county appointed a new commission, Talmage E. brown,
Crandall W. Williams and Cyrus Husford. They met September, 1857, and selected the
site at Sac City for the county seat. The first elected officials elected were:
Samuel W. Watts, County Judge; Francis Ayers, Clerk of District Court; F.
Lagourge, Sheriff; H.C. Crawford, Prosecuting Attorney; F.M. Cory, Treasurer
and Recorder; and Jacob McAfee, Drainage Commissioner. First District Court was held at Sac City 8 June 1857. First marriage was that of Elijah Wine and Miss Montgomery, 15 December 1857.
Origin of Township Names Schaller Herald—25 Mar
1903
Phil
Schaller in Sac Sun: In compliance with my
promise, I hereby give you a history of the naming of the several townships and towns of
Sac County. At first the county had *** civil
townships; later it was divided into seven, and still later into **x**en, as now composed. The first three were Douglas, Jackson
and Sac—named respectively after Stephen
A. Douglas, Andrew Jackson and the county, which derived it name from the Sac tribe of
Indians. Boyer Valley, Coon Valley and Cedar were named after the streams in the
respective townships; Wall Lake, after the lake
within its borders; Levey, after Chas. F.
Levey, one of its early settlers, now a resident of Florida; Wheeler, after H.C. Wheeler, and Cook after C.W. Cook, both being large land owners
in the respective townships; Clinton, after
Clinton county, Iowa; and Delaware, after
Delaware county, Iowa. These two townships
had numberous settlers from those counties. The
name of Viola was suggested by Wm. A. Robinson,
a former resident of Viola, Mercer county, Illinois, but then a settler of the Viola
territory. The name of Eden was suggested by Mrs. Elizabeth Knight, a
former resident and native of Eden, Erie county, N.Y., but, at the time of the naming of
the township, residing in its territory. The
name of Richland was suggested by Fred Frevert,
the Buehlers, Umbarger and others. They
rightfully laid claim to having rich land in their township and desired that name. Eureka
was suggested by A.P. Searle. A.B. Holmes,
J.M. Sears and others, when those three, accompanied by the writer, in search for farms
stood near where Mt. Hope postoffices was later located on a bright summer day, looked
over the beautiful prairie, with only two houses in the township and none in sight. All declared that they had found the country they
were seeking. All three located on adjoining
lands, and, when the township became a civil township and was to be given a name, our
scholarly Mr. Searle translated the words, ‘I have found it,’ into Greek, which
is ‘Eureka.’ Richland and Eureka are the only two townships with original
names. All the rest are borrowed. There was only one contest in naming the
townships—that in Delaware. Howard A. Pierce proposed the name of Farmington,
but the numberous settlers from Delaware county were so persistent in their choice,
especially so Thomas Burrow, that they gained the victory. The naming
of the towns may be stated fully as briefly. Sac City was named after the county; Grant City, after General Grant; Odebolt, after the creek by that name; Wall Lake, after the lake. Although its 3 ½ miles from the town. Uncle Charlie Sherwood insisted on that name to
President P.E. Hall. Carnarvon is named after
Carnarvon, Wales, the birth place of Division Superintendent Hughes; Lake View, on the border of Wall Lake, on account
of the view of the lake; Herring, after James
Herring, part owner of the station land; Early
is named after the former town by that neme, 2 ½ miles south of the present town, so
named by Wm. Cory, in honor of D. Carr Early. Hence
we might as well say that Early is named after Judge Early.
Schaller was named by P.E.
Hall, president of the Iowa Railway Land Co., he asking permission from the writer. Lytton
is named after Lord Lytton, the author and statesman.
Nemaha is selected from the
Indian names. The name of our county and one of the townships are
selected from the name of an Indian tribe, hence it was deemed appropriate to name one of
the towns in memory of the first settlers on the banks of the classic Coon. I believe
this includes every town in the county except Auburn
and Ulmer of the names of which I am unable to
give the origin. PHIL SCALLER. Note—The town of Lake View was formerly called Fletcher after a man by that name who lived there, and was quite prominent in county affairs in earlier days.—Editor.” |
Townships
| Boyar Valley | Cedar | Clinton |
| Cook | Coon Valley | Delaware |
| Douglas | Eden | Eureka |
| Jackson | Levey | Richland |
| Viola | Wall Lake | |
| Wheeler | ||
| See Odebolt, Iowa website for Sac County Information | ||
Towns
Auburn |
Early |
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Lake View |
Lytton |
Nemaha |
Schaller |
Wall Lake |
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Sac City (County Seat) |
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Abandoned Towns And Post Offices In Sac County