Montpelier Township is a township in Muscatine County, Iowa, in the United States.[1]
History[edit]
Montpelier Township was first settled in the Spring of 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[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montpelier Township, Muscatine County, Iowa
- ^ Richman, Irving Berdine (1911). History of Muscatine County, Iowa: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 209.
- ^ 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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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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