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Pottawattamie County, Iowa

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP was organized as a civil township from the territory comprising Congressional Township 75, Range 41, on the petition of C. W. Brown and others. It is situated east of Council Bluffs, and, among other points, includes the old stage station of Pleasant Taylor, on Silver Creek, on the old route of the Western Stage Company from Des Moines to Council Bluffs.

[History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1883]