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| | Local Catholic Church History and Catholic Ancestors - Iowa |
 | | The Diocese of Davenport encompasses the SOUTHEASTERN Iowa counties of Appanoose, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines (county), Henry, Iowa, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Muscatine, Poweshiek, Scott, Van Buren, Wapello, and Washington. |
 | | The same year, the Iowa Territory was established from the Territory of Wisconsin west of the Mississippi River, "...and west of a line drawn due north from the headwaters or sources of the Mississippi to the territorial line..." |
 | | Iowa's Past - Named for a native tribe, the area which became Iowa was part of the Louisiana Purchase, and closed to non-native settlement prior to the Black Hawk War, which ended in 1832. |
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