Madison Township in Mahaska County can be found to the north and northwest of Lincoln Township. Farmersville was the only community that really had any significance in this township, but it was short-lived. Farmersville started off under the name…
Lincoln Township in Mahaska County is located in the center of the county. The principle community that is found in Lincoln Township is Oskaloosa, the county seat for Mahaska County. Oskaloosa in Lincoln Township was chosen to be the county seat…
Leighton was founded on February 9, 1865 by William C. Leighton, John Carver, and W.A. Burt. The town was named after William C. Leighton after the town was platted. Today, the town inhabits about 150, but the community never inhabited more than…
Lakonta was created by Congressman John F. Lacey in 1900 for the purpose of coal mining extraction. The railroad came right through this community and served the coal mining industry there very well. Lakonta is now called Traux. It is speculated…
Lacey was the foremost community within the framework of Adams Township in Mahaska County, Iowa. The community was founded in 1878 by Congressman John F. Lacey in order to make sure the Iowa Central Railroad came through that part of Mahaska County.…
Jefferson Township in Mahaska County is located on the Southwestern most corner of the county and was home to a booming mining industry back in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. The most notable of the mining communities in Jefferson Township…
Indianapolis, located on the northwestern portion of Monroe Township, was the most significant community ever to rise in the township, being founded in 1845. At its high point in the 1880's, Indianapolis was a booming community, with saw mills,…
Harrison Township in Mahaska County, Iowa is located at the southern tip of the county between East Des Moines and Cedar Townships. The most notable community that falls within the some of the confines of this township is that of Eddyville. It is…
Granville was platted by Theodore Spain on June 18, 1851. By January of 1883, the post office of this town closed, because like so many other small communities in Mahaska County, the railroad missed them. This is a town map in 1913. Notice how the…
This is a town plat of Givin with an unknown date for the map. Givin was founded in 1870 by Harry Brewer, who named the town Givin after John Givin, Superintendent of the Keokuk and Des Moines Railway Company. In 1910, 315 people lived in Givin. …
