Jackson Township is a township in Linn County, Iowa, organized in 1855.[1][2] It was probably named by an early settler who was an admirer of President Andrew Jackson.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jackson Township, Linn County, Iowa
  2. ^ The History of Linn County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. Western Historical Company. 1878. pp. 361.
  3. ^ Brewer, Luther Albertus; Wick, Barthinius Larson (1911). History of Linn County Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 285.

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