Iowa District

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The '''Iowa District''' was a region of north-central North America west of the Mississippi River claimed by the United States. From June 28, 1834, to July 4, 1838, it was part of the Michigan Territory and, later, the Wisconsin Territory. It included not only the area which became the state of Iowa, but parts of what would become Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. In September 1834, at an extra session of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Michigan, the Iowa District was divided into two counties. A border was drawn due west from the lower end of Rock Island in the Mississippi River. The territory north of this line (which started just south of the present-day Davenport) was named Dubuque County, and all area to the south of the line was named Des Moines County.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/shelves/redbooks/Redbook-1953-1954%20(55GA).pdf|title=Iowa Official Register|publisher=State of Iowa|year=1953|volume=45|access-date=2022-02-20|archive-date=2022-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218190914/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/shelves/redbooks/Redbook-1953-1954%20(55GA).pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Gue|first=Benjamin F.|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_Iowa_From_the_Earliest_Times_to_the_Beginning_of_the_Twentieth_Century/1/15#cite_note-1|title=History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century|year=1903|volume=1}}</ref>

The Wisconsin Territory was trimmed back on July 4, 1838, and the entirety of the Iowa District became the new Iowa Territory.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HOW IOWA BECAME A TERRITORY|url=http://iagenweb.org/history/soi/soi31.htm|access-date=2022-02-20|website=iagenweb.org|archive-date=2018-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003222328/http://iagenweb.org/history/soi/soi31.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

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Category:History of Iowa Category:History of Michigan Category:History of Minnesota Category:History of North Dakota Category:History of South Dakota Category:History of Wisconsin