 Chief Poweshiek |
State
of Iowa |
 Poweshiek
County |
Early Poweshiek County
Courthouse |
Sheridan Madison Malcom Bear Creek Warren Washington Pleasant Scott Sugar Creek Union Jackson
Sugar Creek Township
Sugar Creek Township was officially organized July 3, 1848. The first settler, John Cox, built a cabin on the bank of the N. Skunk River. He later moved to Story County. The first permanent settler were James McDowell, William English and Conrad Swaney.
Searsboro was platted in 1870 and had a post office. There was a stop on the northbound Underground Railway just south of Searsboro. Coal was mined along the North Skunk. The Central Railroad was built through the township in 1870.
The churches in the township are the Friends Church in Searsboro, and the West Liberty Church of Christ. There is a cemetery next to the West Liberty Church. Other burial sites include a Sac-Fox burial ground west of Searsboro, and a Negro cemetery near the Mahaska County line. Burials were made on a hilltop overlooking the junction of Sugar Creek and the N. Skunk River in the southernmost part of the township.
