Montpelier Township, Muscatine County, Iowa

Montpelier Township is a township in Muscatine County, Iowa, in the United States.[1]

History

Montpelier Township was organized in 1842. It was first settled in the spring of 1834.[2] The first settlers were natives of Vermont, and they named the township for the capital of that state, Montpelier.[3]

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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.

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