Formation
Diamond
Township, constituted September 7, 1871, is all of congressional
township 90-39. It is the southeastern township of the county, south of
Pitcher and east of Silver townships. It originally belonged to Silver
Township.
Early Settlers
Earliest
settlers were John and Joseph Dowding. They were followed by the Jennis
family. By August 1870, Hiram Lord and family arrived from Michigan.
First Events
Birth and Death: a son born to John H. Johnson in the fall of 1870. He lived only a month.
Marriage: John H. Dowding in the autumn of 1870
Schoolhouse: a frame-house built in 1873. Teacher was Miss Ella Fairfield
Churches
Methodist Episcopal Church organized in 1880
Cemeteries
Diamond Cemetery
Geographical
Diamond Township covers an area of 35.68 square miles (92.4 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements.
Diamond Twp - WikiPedia
SOURCES:
The township history was excerpted from Biographical History of
Cherokee County. W. S. Dunbar & Co., 1889. The township map is from
Plat Book of Cherokee County, Iowa, W.W. Hixon & Co.,
Rockford, IL., 1930
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