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City Of Springville
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In 1837 the Sac and Fox Indian tribes ceded to the United States government an elongated arrowhead-shaped stretch of land known as the Second Black Hawk Purchase. The area where Springville is located was part of this ground.Charles Pickney staked out a claim in 1838 which included the land where Springville is now located. He purchased this land in 1840 from the U. S. Government.
Nathan Brown, after whom Brown Township received its name, was an old Revolutioner, who came west and settled one mile southwest of the village site in 1839.In 1840 Isaac Butler, generally known as "Col. Butler", with his family settled near the village site. In 1842, the first post office was established in the township by Col. Butler. It was the third post office in Linn County. Mail was received weekly on horseback.
Joseph S. Butler, Hosea White, Moses P. Wynans, and J. P Hoffman had the village of Springville surveyed on March 22, 1856. It was located on the west half of the southwest quarter of section 28, and the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 29, Township 84, Rage 5, on the south side of Big Creek.
On June 11, 1881, a petition , signed by 41 of the 365 people in Springville, was presented to a district judge. On July 20, 1881 the question of incorporation was put to the voters. The electors in the proposed city limits approved incorporation by a narrow 45-36 margin.George Durno served as Springville's first mayor. He took office on August 29, 1881.The current mayor is William D. Cooper. The City of Springville's population as of the 2000 Census was 1091.
In 1837 the Sac and Fox Indian tribes ceded to the United States government an elongated arrowhead-shaped stretch of land known as the Second Black Hawk Purchase. The area where Springville is located was part of this ground.Charles Pickney staked out a claim in 1838 which included the land where Springville is now located. He purchased this land in 1840 from the U. S. Government.
Nathan Brown, after whom Brown Township received its name, was an old Revolutioner, who came west and settled one mile southwest of the village site in 1839.In 1840 Isaac Butler, generally known as "Col. Butler", with his family settled near the village site. In 1842, the first post office was established in the township by Col. Butler. It was the third post office in Linn County. Mail was received weekly on horseback.
Joseph S. Butler, Hosea White, Moses P. Wynans, and J. P Hoffman had the village of Springville surveyed on March 22, 1856. It was located on the west half of the southwest quarter of section 28, and the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 29, Township 84, Rage 5, on the south side of Big Creek.
On June 11, 1881, a petition , signed by 41 of the 365 people in Springville, was presented to a district judge. On July 20, 1881 the question of incorporation was put to the voters. The electors in the proposed city limits approved incorporation by a narrow 45-36 margin.George Durno served as Springville's first mayor. He took office on August 29, 1881.The current mayor is William D. Cooper. The City of Springville's population as of the 2000 Census was 1091.