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41°28′12″N 90°50′12″W / 41.4700°N 90.8367°W / 41.4700; -90.8367
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Montpelier Township is a township in Muscatine County, Iowa, in the United States. [1]

History

Montpelier Township was first settled in the Spring of 1834 (190 years ago) (1834) [2] and was organized in 1842. The first settlers were natives of Vermont, and they named the township for the capital of that state, Montpelier. [3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montpelier Township, Muscatine County, Iowa
  2. ^ Richman, Irving Berdine (1911). History of Muscatine County, Iowa: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp.  209.
  3. ^ Richman, Irving Berdine (1911). History of Muscatine County, Iowa: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp.  210.

41°28′12″N 90°50′12″W / 41.4700°N 90.8367°W / 41.4700; -90.8367


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