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The Galesburg post office opened in 1857 (originally under the name Galesburgh) and closed in 1904. [4] Galesburg was once a "thriving farm community with three grocery stores, several taverns and a hotel." [5] The population of Galesburg was 160 in 1887, [6] and was 88 in 1902. [7] The population was 89 in 1917. [8] The population was 50 in ...
This is a list of Iowa county courthouses. Each county in Iowa has a city that is the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse, except for Lee County , which has two county seats and two county courthouses.
Pursuant to the above purpose, the carrier acquired by purchase the railroad property formerly owned by The Galesburg, Etherly and Eastern Railroad Company. That company was incorporated April 6, 1894, under the general laws of the State of Illinois, for the purpose of constructing a railroad from Wataga to the coal lands at Etherly.
The south-eastern part of Iowa Territory became Iowa, the 29th state in the union, on December 28, 1846, [3] by which point 44 counties had been created. Counties continued to be created by the state government until 1857, when the last county, Humboldt County, was created. [4]
The Knox County seat moved to Galesburg in 1873; the courthouse and hall of records subsequently housed the Knoxville city hall and public library respectively until 1978, when the city government moved to the hall and the courthouse became a museum. [2] The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 1992. [1]
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