mason township, taylor county, iowa In section 26 was the Gilead Church. The school in section 35 was the Morning Star. The school in section 32 was the North Star. The creek running through section 36 was Brushy..you will often see this on census records as the post office area where some people lived. The school in section 20 was Turner; in section 14 was Silver Lake; in section 11 the Timberlake; and in section 8 was Lindsey. There are no cemeteries in Mason township; the Memory cemetery in East River township, Page county was the burial ground for this area.