Formation
Cedar
Township was constituted September 6, 1869, comprising all of
congressional township 93-40. It is situated in the northern tier of
townships, the second from the eastern line of the county.
Early
settlers
Andrew Rasmus, G. Braash, man and sons named Gilbert, A.
McKiney, William Durham, M. McKowan, James Henderson and his son James
Henderson, D. R. Stanford, Joseph Grundy, N. S. Warren, Aaron
Salsberry, C.L. Caster, Richard Gilbert, Patrick Kelly, R.W. Luther,
Henry Jackson, Noah Batterson, N.W. Nelson, Joseph Partlow, William
Case, Samuel Scott, Thomas J. McEwen, James Montgomery, Dr. Bundy, R.
Neadham, John Sponton, Phil. H. Weintz, L.S. Stanford, George Hilton,
Thomas, Lot and Adam Grundy, Joseph Clinton, William Gilbert, Carl
Gerlach, A.ar. McLain, James Hicks, Mr. Shipley, Charles Foster, Mr.
Fredon, A. Johnson and T.J. Lewis.
First Events
School: 1870
Grain elevator: 1887 by Thomas Caswell
Grocer: F.M. Ogle
General Stock of Goods: Eddy Brothers, April 1888
Hardware: O.W. Blanchard
Agricultural Goods and Hotel: Wiliam Gifford
Blacksmith: William Dowd, 1887
Meat Marker: William Dowd, 1889
Post Office: Established on December 23, 1887. First postmaster was William Jordan
Churches
East Cedar Presbyterian Church built in 1879
Methodist Episcopal Society reorganized from an earlier society in 1888
Cemeteries
Cedar Cemetery
Geographical
Cedar Township covers an area of 36.24 square miles (93.9 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Larrabee.
Cedar 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
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