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Warren Township
The first settler in Warren Township was Henry Snook, one of the first two settlers in Poweshiek County. In 1843 he settled at the junction of Little Bear Creek and Bear Creek, in a large grove of timber. The timber has been known as "Snook’s Grove" since. The first land in Poweshiek County entered from the US Government was settled in Warren Township by John Talbott in 1847. In 1850, Robert Manatt, Jr. built a sawmill in Section 22 on Bear Creek.
The first religious services were held in the home of Edward Griswald in 1852. The first marriage in the township was in 1852, between James Manatt and Loving Snook. In 1869 the Harmony Moravian Church was dedicated in the southwest corner of the township. In 1875, a Congregational Church was erected in the northeast corner.
Warren Township was organized in March 1855. The first school house was built in 1853. In May 1863, the first murder occurred, in which a boy, Claiborne Showers was killed by his cousin, Kirk Vincent.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway was laid in 1862 and 1863, going east to west. The Chicago and Northwestern railway was built in 1884, the branch known as the "Pumpkin Vine", generally from north to south. It was intended to reach the coal fields in southern Iowa. The two lines crossed near Carnsforth. The Chicago and Northwestern line has since been abandoned. The town of Victor is at the very eastern edge of Warren Township, with most of Victor being in Iowa County.
