MALOY, IOWA CENTENNIAL HISTORY: 1887 - 1987
MALOY &BENTON TOWNSHIP PLAT MAPS
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I, Jerry SHAY, am the owner of the above described lands and the subdivision thereof as shown by the above plat
and the above survey and plat was made with my consent and free will an din accordance with my desire.
Signed, Jerry SHAY
Ringgold County Iowa Recorder's office, July 3, 1890.
Declining Population in Benton Township
Only 27 families live in Benton Township as of January 1, 1987. Ten years ago, 38 families called this area home.
SOURCE: Maloy, Iowa Centennial History: 1887 - 1987 p. 7. 1987.
Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2011
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