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| | Keokuk County, Iowa |
 | | KEOKUK COUNTY as first created in December, 1837, comprised all of townships seventy-seven to eighty-one from the west line of Johnson County to the Missouri River. |
 | | This county was named for the Sac chief whose name signifies "Watchful Fox." The northern tier of townships was contained in the old county of the same name, while its entire territory was once embraced in the original county of Demone. |
 | | The county was organized in March, 1844, and the following officers chosen: Enos Darnell, J. Hollingsworth and J. Smith, commissioners; J. Waters, judge of probate; Edom Shugarth, clerk; W. Briwn, treasurer; and George W. Hayes, sheriff. |
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