Lincoln Township, Pocahontas County, Iowa

Lincoln Township is a township in Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA.

History

Lincoln Township was established in 1872 as Carter Township, for Henry C. Carter, a county supervisor. However, the citizens in this township were not content with the name Carter, and so in 1873 by popular vote, it was renamed Lincoln in honor of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States. ^[1]

References

↑ Flickinger, Robert Elliott (1904). The Pioneer History of Pocahontas County, Iowa. G. Sanborn. p. 638.

Municipalities and communities of Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Pocahontas

Cities	Fonda Gilmore City‡ Havelock Laurens Palmer Plover Pocahontas Rolfe Varina

Townships	Bellville Cedar Center Colfax Cummins Des Moines Dover Garfield Grant Lake Lincoln Lizard Marshall Powhatan Roosevelt Sherman Swan Lake

Unincorporated community	Ware

Ghost town	Rubens

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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