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BERWICK TOWNSHIP .

Berwick is the second from the south in the east tier of townships in Warren County . It is well watered by Cedar Fork of the Spoon river, and Slug Run, with Nigger creek crossing its southwest corner. These streams make the land more broken in this township than in almost any other in the county, and for this reason also there is considerable timber. Much of the land, however, is rolling prairie, and generally it is a good farming country, with much wealth and substantial prosperity.

The Iowa Central railroad passes through the north part of the township, entering from Floyd township on the northeast quarter of Section 6, going east through Section 5, and crossing back into Floyd from the northeast quarter of Section 4.

Berwick township was organized at the election of April 4, 1854. The records of the election have been lost, but the officers chosen were: Supervisor, E. C. Lewis; clerk, A. G. Pearce: Assessor, Harlan J. Davis; Collector, H. M. Lewis; Overseer of the Poor, A. V. T. Gilbert. The present officers are: Supervisor, Hiram Shirley; Clerk, R. J. Kirby; Assessor, D. Duffield; Collector, George Steele; Highway Commissioners, Eli Neff, William Meacham, Thomas Meadows; Constable, F. M. Ray. Those who have been supervisors of Berwick township to the present time are: E. C. Lewis, 1854- 64; S. B. Crane, 1865; H. M. Lewis, 1866-78: W. D. Miller, 1879-89; J. Kirby, 1890-93; H. M. Lewis, 1894-95; Charles W. Robertson, 1896-97; H. Shirley, 1898-1902.

The assessment roll for 1901 shows that there were then in Berwick township 928 horses, 2,970 cattle, 40 mules, 675 sheep, and 2,972 hogs. The total value of personal property was $392,100, and the assessed valuation $78,420. The as sessed valuation of lands was $233,360, and of lots, $7.080.

The population of the township in 1900 was 826. a gain of 28 over the figures given in 1890.

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