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Diamond Township History

Township Map
Formation
Diamond Township, constituted September 7, 1871, is all of congressional township 90-39. It is the southeastern township of the county, south of Pitcher and east of Silver townships. It originally belonged to Silver Township.

Early Settlers
Earliest settlers were John and Joseph Dowding. They were followed by the Jennis family. By August 1870, Hiram Lord and family arrived from Michigan.

First Events
Birth and Death: a son born to John H. Johnson in the fall of 1870. He lived only a month.
Marriage: John H. Dowding in the autumn of 1870
Schoolhouse: a frame-house built in 1873. Teacher was Miss Ella Fairfield

Churches
Methodist Episcopal Church organized in 1880

Cemeteries
Diamond Cemetery

Geographical
Diamond Township covers an area of 35.68 square miles (92.4 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements.
Diamond Twp - WikiPedia

SOURCES: The township history was excerpted from Biographical History of Cherokee County. W. S. Dunbar & Co., 1889. The township map is from Plat Book of Cherokee County, Iowa, W.W. Hixon & Co.,  Rockford, IL., 1930

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