The Northeast Iowa Genealogical Society’s publication is  The Cedar Tree 
They have published Township Booklets for Black Hawk County, Iowa.

The Index to each township booklet was created by Jeanine Johnson, Cedar Falls Historical Society. 

For copies of specific items indexed below, please contact the Cedar Falls Historical Society
www.cedarfallshistorical.org
e-mail:  cfhistory@cfu.net

Lester Township

Twp #

 

Township Name

 

Year Printed by NEIG

Location from History and Biographical Record of

Black Hawk County, Iowa (Chicago: Interstate Publishing Co., 1886).

Bennington Township Edition-Page 16  1979.

Contents -

[A Township is a 6 mile square of land or 36 Square miles to a Section.  Each Section contains 640 acres]

     

16 Congressional Twp. 87,88,89 & 90 Ranges 11,12,13,14 W
Divided into 18 Civil Twp

 
       

page # - title

5

Lester

1982

90, R11

 

Dunkerton, Fairbank

 

Wapsipinicon River & Crane Creek flowing through it
2-Twp. map of Black Hawk Co. 

3-History of Lester Twp. 

5-1860 Fed Census, Lester Twp. 

13-Ancestor chart of Vivian (Inman) Pruckler 

14-Early History of Dunkerton  

17-Fairview Cemetery at Dunkerton 

29-Personal Tribute by her Pastor to Maria (Cook) Owen 

30-Ancestor chart of Richard Michael Perry

31-Lester Twp. Cemetery 

39-Misc. Chancery Court Records Box 1 Page 1  #1-#12,

Box 2 Page 1 #21-#28

Box 2, page 2