bigpigeon.us webpage Pott. Co. > Big Pigeon Area > Maps & Plats, updated by RAC 9 Apr 2021.
This is a sister webpage to Resources Overview > Land Records, which provides background information about land organization in most of the United States.
Pottawattamie County Congressional Townships and Political Townships
The original survey townships and the subsequent political townships often differ in extent. In the following six northwestern Pottawattamie County townships, note that Rockford political township consists of the portions of two survey townships on the Iowa side of the Missouri River, while today's Crescent Township is a portion of one survey township.
This is a sister webpage to Resources Overview > Land Records, which provides background information about land organization in most of the United States.
Pottawattamie County Congressional Townships and Political Townships
- The GLO Index map above shows the survey townships, sometimes called congressional townships, produced by the GLO (Government Land Office) survey begun in 1851. As shown on the first map, standard Iowa survey townships, each a square six miles by six miles in size, are identified by a township number (T) and a range number (R).
- The Current Index map above shows today's political townships and incorporated towns in Pottawattamie County.
The original survey townships and the subsequent political townships often differ in extent. In the following six northwestern Pottawattamie County townships, note that Rockford political township consists of the portions of two survey townships on the Iowa side of the Missouri River, while today's Crescent Township is a portion of one survey township.
- Click on a button below to see the corresponding GLO survey map for that survey township. (for Rockford Township, only T77N, R44W is shown)
- You can find these GLO land survey maps, identified by township and range number, at https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/search/pottawattamie?type=edismax&cp=ui%3Aglo.
Below are links to some high-resolution plat files for portions of townships in the Big Pigeon locale.
Plats of Boomer Township School Districts:
District #9 (SW Boomer Twp.):
Plats of Hazel Dell Township School Districts:
District #3, the Oakdale School (NW Hazel Dell Twp.):
Other Sets of Big Pigeon Area Plats:
Holdings of Niels Larsen descendants (my great-grandfather) & John and Nora (Madison) Jensen family:
- The file name includes the township, the school subdistrict or sections, and the plat year (1885, 1902, 1913, 1919, 1967).
Plats of Boomer Township School Districts:
District #9 (SW Boomer Twp.):
- Boomer#9-1885-IMG_6065.jpg
- Boomer#9-1902-IMG_6066.jpg
- Boomer#9-1913-IMG_6067.jpg
- Boomer#9-1919-IMG_6069.jpg
- Boomer#9-1967-IMG_6070.jpg
Plats of Hazel Dell Township School Districts:
District #3, the Oakdale School (NW Hazel Dell Twp.):
- HazelDell#3-1885-IMG_6060.jpg
- HazelDell#3-1902-IMG_6061.jpg
- HazelDell#3-1913-IMG_6062.jpg
- HazelDell#3-1919-IMG_6063.jpg
- HazelDell#3-1967-IMG_6064.jpg
Other Sets of Big Pigeon Area Plats:
Holdings of Niels Larsen descendants (my great-grandfather) & John and Nora (Madison) Jensen family:
