History of Buncombe 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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1851 created
1862 renamed Lyon

Buncombe County was established in 1851 and named for an officer in the War
of the Revolution. It was the extreme northwestern county in the State.
While bearing this name there were no permanent settlers within its limits
but for eleven years it appeared on the map of Iowa as Buncombe County
until at the extra session of the Ninth General Assembly in September,
1862, it was changed to Lyon.

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