Coe township once bore the name of Fremont, and was organized as a township under that name, but at the September meeting of the first board of supervisors, this was changed to Penn. Although, at the time, this seemed suitable and appropriate, for Coe township is entirely sur­ rounded by other townships, is square in shape, thus suggesting a pen, on January 6, 1858, the name was once more changed to the present one in honor of its first supervisor, A. S. Coe. The township is bounded on the east by Canoe Creek township, on the south by Zuma township, on the west by Port Byron township, and on the north by Cordova township, and comprises all of township 19. range 2 east, being one of the few full townships of Rock Island county.