History of Wahkaw 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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WAHKAW COUNTY, IOWA
1851 created
1853 renamed Woodbury
PARENT COUNTY: Benton

Wahkaw County was created in 1851 by act of the Legislature from the
territory originally embrace in Benton when that county extended to the
Missouri River. The bill which created this county when reported to the
Senate gave the name of "Floyd" in memory of Sergeant Floyd of the Lewis
and Clark expedition who died in camp in 1804 and was buried on the east
side of the Missouri River south of Sioux City. The Senate passed the bill
as introduced but it was amended in the House by striking out "Floyd" and
inserting "Wahkaw," an Indian name.

An act of the Legislature approved January 12, 1853, provided for the
organization of the county and selected commissioners to locate the
county-seat, the name of which should be Sergeant's Bluff. A later act of
the same Legislature changed the name of the county to Woodbury, and on 22d
of January, 1853, Wahkaw County ceased to exist.

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