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History [ edit ] The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway built a 66-mile branch to What Cheer via Keswick in 1879 [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The town is named for Keswick, England , the home town of a local woman who had offered lodging to the track-laying crew.
Keokuk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States Census , the population was 10,033. [ 1 ] The county seat is Sigourney .
The collection was established as the Keswick Museum of Local and Natural History, a creation of the Keswick Literary and Scientific Society, in the Moot Hall, in 1873. [1] An important item in the original collection at the Moot Hall was a three-dimensional model of the Lake District, measuring 12 feet by 9 feet, made by Joseph and James ...
This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Keokuk County, Iowa, highlighting Keswick in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape.
The Des Moines Register, literally born in a log cabin, became Iowa's leading newspaper. See a timeline, 50 photos from Register and Iowa history.
For more information, visit history.iow.gov. March is Iowa History Month To celebrate Iowa History Month, the Register has published weekly essays from leading state historians.
Iowa became the 29th state in 1846 during James K. Polk's presidency. A year before, a proposed northern border went as far as St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Tri-County Community School District, or Tri-County Community School, is a rural public school district based in Thornburg, Iowa, and serves the towns of Thornburg, What Cheer, Keswick, and Gibson and surrounding areas in eastern Keokuk County, with smaller areas in Mahaska and Powesheik counties. [2] The school's mascot is the Trojans.