# Iowa District

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The '''Iowa District''' was a region of north-central [North America](/source/North_America) west of the [Mississippi River](/source/Mississippi_River) claimed by the [United States](/source/United_States). From June 28, 1834, to July 4, 1838, it was part of the [Michigan Territory](/source/Michigan_Territory) and, later, the [Wisconsin Territory](/source/Wisconsin_Territory). It included not only the area which became the state of [Iowa](/source/Iowa), but parts of what would become [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota), [North Dakota](/source/North_Dakota) and [South Dakota](/source/South_Dakota). In September 1834, at an extra session of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Michigan, the Iowa District was divided into two [counties](/source/county_(United_States)). A [border](/source/border) was drawn due west from the lower end of [Rock Island](/source/Rock_Island_Arsenal) in the Mississippi River. The territory north of this line (which started just south of the present-day [Davenport](/source/Davenport%2C_Iowa)) 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](/source/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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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