Valley Township, Page County, Iowa

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Valley Township is a township in Page County, Iowa, United States. [1]

History

Valley Township (Township 70, Range 36) was surveyed in November 1851 by Wm. Dunn. [2] It was named after the Nodaway River valley, which was covered with valuable timber at the time of settlement. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valley Township, Page County, Iowa
  2. ↑ History of Page County. Des Moines: Iowa Historical Co. 1880.
  3. ↑ Kershaw, W. L. (1909). History of Page County, Iowa: Also Biographical Sketches of Some Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. p. 476.

40°51′25″N94°59′10″W / 40.857°N 94.986°W / 40.857; -94.986

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