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County Seat Controversy Over Center of Polk County
October 10, 1871 notes argue the county seat should remain centered in Polk County. It questions Stromsburg’s proposal to move the seat within four miles of York County and twenty eight miles by section lines to the northeast. It presents four year four mill levy details for a new courthouse and per acre land values with corresponding annual taxes for each precinct including Clear Creek Valley Platte Island Canada Osceola Pleasant Home Hackberry Stromsburg.
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Stromsburg
York County
Polk County
Clear Creek
Valley Precinct
Platte Precinct
Island
Court House
Canada
Osceola
Pleasant Home
Hackberry