”JACKSON TOWNSHIP

Jackson township is in the north tier of townships. It is bounded on the north by Buchanan county, on the east by Boulder township, on the south by Maine and on the west by Spring Grove townships. It is well watered by the Wapsie river as well as by Buffalo creek, both of which streams traverse parts of the ground called for political purposes Jackson township. The township is largely settled by Americans whose ancestors located on these verdant prairies in the forties and fifties. The township is supposed to have been named by David Sutton, in honor of his patron saint Andrew Jackson…

E. L. Ware, Henry Thorp, G. C. Edgerly and many others purchased lands and settled here during these years. …”

Reference Data:

History of Linn County Iowa, Vol. 1, by Luther Albertus Brewer and Brathinius Larson Wick, 1911, pages 285-6