Jones County History - Jones County, Iowa

Jones County is situated in the eastern part of the State, bounded on the north by Delaware and Dubuque Counties, on the east by Jackson and Clinton Counties, on the south by Cedar and on the west by Linn County, and comprises an area of sixteen Congressional Townships.

The surface is undulating, with numerous slight elevations or low, conical hills, the valleys extending in every direction. There is considerable timber along the streams, and at sundry places are found groves of oak, maple, walnut, ash and cottonwood on the prairies. The soil is fertile, and produces wheat, corn, oats and potatoes abundantly; the climate is decidedly healthful, and the whole county is well watered by the Maquoketa and Wapsipinicon Rivers, which traverse it in a southeasterly direction, and are fed by numerous tributaries. Good orchards of apples, cherries and wild plums are abundant, and other fruits are liberally produced in all parts of the county. Grapes, especially, are abundantly produced at small expense, and are destined to become an important product. The people are chiefly engaged in agriculture and stock-raising, and considerable attention is given to the dairy business, the products of the latter having largely increased during the last four or five years. A goodly number of cheese-factories and creameries are in a flourishing condition, and considerable attention is paid to the raising of fine horses and blooded stock.

Coal is not to be found, but the quarries of building-stone are the best in the State, fully equal in quality to the celebrated building-stone at Joliet, Ill., and much more easily obtained. Lead has been discovered in small quantities in the eastern part of the county, but not in sufficient quantities to pay for working.

The general productiveness of the county is equal to any portion of the State. The inhabitants are mostly Americans, and are an industrious and frugal people.

The first settlers located at Bowen's Prairie and at Monticello in 1836, in Fairview and Clay Townships in 1837 and at Anamosa in 1838. Wyoming, Rome, Jackson, Wayne, etc., were settled at about the same time, and some of them before 1838.

The facts herein recorded have been obtained from the old settlers themselves, from papers published in the county and from the county records.

Geology	State Fish-Hatching Establishment	Jones County Militia Company
County Organization	Meteorological	Jones County Agricultural Society
Election Precincts	Atmospheric Temperature	The Principal Fires
Township Organization	Tornado at Monitcello	Wyoming Township
First Court	Fairview Township	Early Reminiscences of Wyoming and Vicinity
Commissioner's Acts	Early Settlement of Anamosa and Fairview Township	First Schoolhouse
County Seat Questions	The Village of Fairview	First Store
The County Jail	A Chapter of Early History	Organization of the Township
County and Legislative Officers	First Schoolhouse	The Methodists
Legislative Representation	The First Post Office	Presbyterians
Railroads	Anamosa	United Presbyterian
County Finances	City Officers	Baptist Church
Statistics - Social and Agricultural	Origin of the Name Anamosa	Wyoming in 1879
Bridges	Incorporation	Official Roster
Timber, Hedges, Etc.	The Press	Madison Township
Census of 1840 and Deaf Mutes	Educational	The Village of Onslow
Political	Churches	Center Junction
Lynch Law	First Burial in the Anamosa Cemetery	Oxford Township
A Tornado	Anamosa Cemetery Association	Oxford Junction
An Expensive Funeral	St. Patrick's Literary and Benevolent Society	Oxford Mills
War History	Western Sick Benefit Association	Hale Township
Union Meeting	Anamosa Scientific Association	Greenfield Township
The Board of Supervisors' Resolutions of Loyalty, June 6, 1861	Anamosa Art Association	Rome Township
Patriotic Meeting in Rome	Secret Societies	Reminiscences of Rome - 1840-1841
The County Fourth of July Celebrations	Anamosa Driving-Park Association	Olin in 1879
Incidents of Enlistment	Water-Works	Societies
First Company of Volunteers	Fire Department	Castle Grove Township
Grand Turn-Out of Military and Citizens	Fires	Churches
Flags Presentation and Departure	Stone Quarries near Anamosa	Richland Township
Farewell Supper	The Pioneer Tobacco Raisers of Iowa	Historical Sketch of Bowen's Prairie
Sanitary Commission	Liquor Confiscation	Scotch Grove Township
Flags Presentations to the Iowa Ninth by the Boston Ladies	Marriage Incident	Churches and Red River Emigrants
Copy of the Address of Boston Ladies on Presentation of Flags	Edmund Booth	Clay Township
Another Offering from Jones County	Monticello Township	Bethel Presbyterian Church
The Draft	Early History	Washington Township
The Flag of the Ninth Iowa	Official Roster	Jackson Township
Washington's Birthday at Anamosa	Monticello in 1879	Cass Township
The Fourteenth Iowa Infantry	Educational	Wayne Township
Re-Union at Monticello, August 14, 1865	The Press	Early Settlement
Col. William T. Shaw, of Anamosa	Churches	Organization
Soldier's Memento - Left-Hand Writing	Young Men's Christian Association	County Farm
Horrible Murder in Jones County	Water-Works	Villages
Old Settler's Association	Fire Department	Creameries
The Additional Penitentiary at Anamosa	Secret Societies	Churches
Prison Statistics	Associations

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Û History of Jones County, Iowa

Western Historical Company, 1879.