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LITTLE YORK.

Little York was the twelfth town platted in Warren County. It was surveyed by County Surveyor William C. Butler August 25, 1836, the site being in the southeast corner of Section 20 and the southwest corner of Section 21, on land owned by William McCoy, Matthew D. Ritchey, and McCallon & Hogue.

The town originally consisted of eight blocks, with Main street running east and west, and Walnut, Broadway and Cedar streets running north and south. Five additions have been laid out since. Little York is on the line of the Iowa Central Railway, and Cedar creek flows from east to west just north of the village.

An effort was made to incorporate the village of Little York in 1893, the county court ordering an election February 6 to vote on the matter on petition of thirty-four voters within the boundaries of the proposed town. The proposition was defeated, thirty-two votes being east for incorporation, and forty-five against it. Another vote on the proposition, taken May 11, 1894, resulted in a majority for incorporation, and a special election to choose six trustees was ordered by County Judge Norcross for June 12 of the same year. Seventy-four ballots were cast at this election, and the trustees elected were Frank Barrows, George Schuchman, Dr. A. R. Graham, H. R. Moore, H. L. Martin and B. S. Dodson. H. R. Moore was the first village president, serving from the incorporation
of the village until the spring of 1897

. C. H.Stewart was president from 1897 to 1900
W. H. Brown from 1900 to 1902.

The clerks have been: D. R. Morris, P. H. Shugart, C. A.
Goff, and W. L. Vail.

The officers elected in April, 1902, are: President, W. H. Brown: trustees, J. S. Pollock, John Rowe, T. B. Walters, W. H. Speck, A. M. Nelson, D. A. Copeland; clerk, B. C. Pollock; treasurer, H. R.Moore: police magistrate, H. E. Shugart.

James Kendall opened the first store in the township in 1833., in the blockhouse not far from the present site of the village. He died the nest year, and his widow moved the goods to a building on the site of the village and continued in the trade.

Later she sold to Arthur McFarland, and he to J. F. Pollock, who became postmaster on the establishment of the post- office at Little York in 1838. Mr. Pollock held the office well on to twenty years, then moved to Oregon.

The postmasters who have followed him are William Munsey, Robert Drake, Dr. Gibson, Isaac Hopper, Mr. Williver, William Munsey again, Milton Munsey, Ed Henry, M. M. Palmer, C. H. Stewart, and the present postmaster, James G. Gabby.

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