History of Bancroft County, Iowa

Excerpts from the "The History of Iowa", by Benjamin F. Gue. Copyright 1903
Transcribed by Sue Soden .

Copyright © 1998 by Sue Soden.

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BANCROFT COUNTY, IOWA
1851 created
1855 abolished
see Kossuth and Fayette Counties

Bancroft County was created by act of the Legislature in 1851 from a
portion of old Fayette and embraced the twelve northern townships of what
is now Kossuth County, extending to the Minnesota line, making an area of
four hundred four square miles. The county was named in honor of George
Bancroft, the historian. In January, 1853, it wa attached to Boone County
for election, revenue and judicial purposes. In 1855 by act of the General
Assembly it was made a part of Kossuth and Bancroft County ceased to exist.
The county was one vast level prairie through which the east fork of the
Des Moines River flowed and its lands in early times were considered too
wet for profitable cultivation but in later years the soil has been found
to be exceedingly productive and has been converted into fine farms of
increasing value. No county-seat was established during the brief period
that Bancroft  had an existence and no organization of a county government
was performed.

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