Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
HOW CENTRAL IOWA TOWNS
GOT THEIR NAMES

the bank Of this Vermont river.
Lawn Hill, Hardin county, was for
merry called New Providence. The
present name is merely fanciful.
LeGrand, Marshall county, was
named by and for LIE Grande Dying
ton, of Iowa City, who owned and
plated the town site.
Logan, Harrison county, was named
by e. b. Talcott, for Gen. John A.
Logan. The original name was Boyer
Falls, from a nearby rapids in the
Boyer river.
/ Lohrville, Calhoun county, was
named for Jacob A. Lohr, the original
owner Of the town site.
Long Point, Tama county. The name
is transliteration of the Indian name.
point of land that projected into the
Iowa river near this village.
Manning, Carroll county, was named
for O. II. Manning, once lieutenant
governor of Iowa.
Marshalltown, Marshall county. was
named by the Iowa Town Lot &
Land Company from Marshall, Mich,
whence had come H. Arson. John
! Childs and others, who in 1858 laid
out the town The name was changed
to Its present form as there already
was a Marshall in Henry county, Iowa.
Mason City. Cerro Gordo county.
John B. Long, in 1851, settled here and
named his farm and the grove in
| which his home was built, Masonic
Grove" in honor of the Freemasons.
He and others laid out village and
| called it "sShiboleth," word we'll
known to Freemasons and readers OF
the Bible. In 1854, Mr.. Long bought
out his partners in the townsite, and
renamed it for his son, Mason Long.
In 1855 the last part of the name was
dropped and "City" substituted there
for.
Montour Tama county, the origi-
nal name was Oxford. The present
name is from county in Pennsylva-
MIA. That was named for Andrew
Montour, son OF Madame Margaret
Montour and an Oneida Indian.
j Nevada, Story county. This is a
! Spanish word meaning snow clad"
snowy land and was originally ap-
piled to snow capped mountains. The
town was named by the county COM
missioners in 1853, from the Sierra
Nevada mountains.
1 Odebolt, Sac county, was so named
from stream that runs thru the
town The name is a corruption of
Odebeau, the name Of French trap
per, who in 1855 lived on the bank of
the creek.
! Ogden, Boone county, was named for
William D. Ogden, an early president
OF the Galena & Chicago Union and of
the Chicago & Northwestern railroads
Owasa, Hardin county. This name
Is corruption of the Sac Indian word
owasse"-meaning bear"
Parkersburg. Butler county, was
named by j. P. Parker, an early no.
| tel keeper there, for Nathan H. Par
ker, of Davenport, a noted writer in
/ the sos and SOS of the early history
| of the northwest and of guide books,
etc, etc.
Quarry, Marshall county, was named
4 by Isaac B. Howe, from nearby
quarry.
Radcliffe, Hardin county, was named
/ from part of the name of a celebrat-
ed old NOVELETTE, Heir of Radcliffe"
| Randall, Hamilton county. was
named for Samuel j. Randall, the we'll
known politician and ex-secretary of
the United States treasury.
4 Role, Pocahontas county. The or
/ ;ginai name was Pocahontas, and was
| named for the Virginia Powhatan In
dian woman, who, the traditions of
earl,- Virginia allege, saved the life of
Captain John Smith When the first
name was changed, the present name
was adopted.
Sac City, Sac county, was named
from the county, and that was named
for the Indian tribe. The name refers
to yellow earth" the proper form be-
ing Osaukee.
Scranton, Gre enc county, was named
erom the city in Lackawanna county,
4 Pennsy!va That was named for
Joseph Fl. Scranton, one of its foun-
ders.
Stanhope, Hamilton county, was
named for Lady Hester L. Stanhope,
the traveller and authoress.
State Center, Marshall county, was
so named because it was made a geo.
grarhi.al center of the state of Iowa.
Story City, Story county. The or
iginal name was Fairview. 1t is now
named from the county. The county
was named by the legislature for
y Judge Joseph Story, of the supreme
court of the United States The word
| city" was added to the proper name
1 in 1907.
1 Stout, Grundy county, was named
for A. v. Stout, who owned the farm
on which the village was established.
Stratford, Hamilton county, was
named at the suggestion of Colonel
John Whitaker, at meeting of the
citizens, from Stratford, in England.
Tama, Tama county. was first called
Tama City. The name is Indian, one
authority claiming it meant "beauti-
full" pheasant" lovely" and that it
was the Indian name of the wife of the
Indian chief, Poweshiek. Its first
name was Iuka, and was so named
from the battlefield in Mississippi,
where many Tama county soldiers
were killed.
Thor, Humboldt county, was named
for the Scandinavian god of agricul-
ture''
Toledo, Tama county, was named
from the city in Ohio. That was
named from the city in Spain.
l Traer, Tama county, was named for
Judge Traer, of the law courts of
Iowa.
Vail, Crawford county, was named
by John I. Blair, of Blairstown, N. j..
for c. E. Vail, relative.
Wall Lake, Sac county, was named
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