Monroe Township, Johnson County, Iowa

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Monroe Township is a township in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. [1] It is one of the townships on the northern edge of Johnson County, bordering Linn County.

History

Prior to the 1840s, the area was known as "Dupont's Precinct" because William Dupont kept a whisky cabin there, which became a way-mark for which the settlement became known. [2] Monroe Township was organized in 1846. [3] In the following decades two post offices, Danforth and Gregg, were established. [4]

During the latter half of the 19th century, the township was heavily settled by Czech immigrants. The Czech population included a number of Czech protestant families who in 1893 built a chapel on property donated by George Chadima. The chapel was called "The Evangelical Bohemian Moravian Brothers" and was a satellite of the mother church, which was near Ely in Linn County. [5] [6] The church functioned until 1936 when it burnded down after being struck by lightning.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monroe Township, Johnson County, Iowa
  2. ↑ History of Johnson County, Iowa, p. 734
  3. ↑ History of Johnson County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, and Its Townships, Cities and Villages from 1836 to 1882. 1883. p. 185.
  4. ↑ History of Johnson County, Iowa, p. 734
  5. ↑ Our first 100 Years of Server our Lord. First Presbyterian Church near Ely, Iowa., Reprinted Oct 2015, page 9.
  6. ↑ Simek, P. Bohemians in Johnson County https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/9375833/the-bohemians-in-johnson-county-city-of-ely-iowa page 10

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