Here is a listing of the school districts for Iowa County.

District No. 1: To comprise Town No. 1 and south half of Town 2, Range 2 east

District No. 2: The north half of Town 2 and the south half of Town 3, Range 1 east

District No. 3: North half of Town 3 and Towns 4 and 5, of Range 1 east

District No. 4: Towns 6, 7 and 8, of Range 1 east

District No. 5: Towns 1 and 2, north of Range 2 east

District No. 6: Towns 3 and 4, of Range 2 east

District No. 7: Towns 5, 6, 7 and 8, of Range 2 east

District No. 8: Towns 1 and 2, of Range 3 east

District No. 9: Town 3, Range 3 east

District No. 10: Town 4, of Range 3 east

District No. 11: Town 5, of Range 3 east

District No. 12: Towns 6, 7 and 8, Range 3 east

District No. 13: Towns 1 and 2, of Range 4 east
This district was later redefined and named Big Springs District. It included Sections 25, 26, 35, and 36 in Town 3, Range 4 east and Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 in Town 2 Range 4 east.

District No. 14: Towns 3 and 4, Range 4 east

District No. 15: Towns 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Range 4 east

District No. 16: Towns 1 and 2, Range 5 east

District No. 17: Sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 of Town 4, Range 3 east. This district was also known as Willow Springs District.

District No. 18: Town 2, Range 3 east, south half of Town 3, Range 3 east, and Section 6, in Town 2, Range 4 east. Also known as Otterbein School District

District No. 19: Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36 in Town 2, Range 4 east, and Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 30 in Town 2, Range 5 east. This district was known as the Wiota District.

District No. 20: Town 5, Range 1 east, north half of Town 4, and Sections 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, in Town 4, Range 1 east. This was known as the Platte District.

District No. 21: Town 1, Range 3 east. This was also known as the Apple River District.

September 1844 Changes

In September 1844, the following school districts were laid off:

• Coon Branch District No. 4

• Benton District No. 3

• New Diggings Precinct No. 1

• Mill Seat Bend District No. 2

• White Oak Springs

• Corrish District

• Barreltown

• Upper Diggings

• Union Hunter's

• Whiteside Branch

• Fever River

• District No. 1

• Town 18

• Prairie District

On petition, Blue River District in Town 6, Range 1 east, was attached to Towns 6 and 7, Range 1 west in Grant County, for school purposes.

By 1879, Iowa County had been divided into 102 school districts, all of which conformed to the State laws by furnishing an annual report

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