Davis County, Iowa Territory

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Davis County, Iowa Territory was a mid-19th-century administrative region in what is now southeastern Iowa, notable as the place where the Sauk leader Black Hawk died.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county of Iowa Territory
former county
borderedBy Missouri (state)
containsSiteWherePersonDied Black Hawk
country United States
followedBy Davis County, Iowa
governedBy Iowa Territorial Legislature
hasCapital Bloomfield
hasEthnicHistoricalAssociation Meskwaki people
Sauk people
hasHistoricalSignificance association with Black Hawk
early settlement of southeastern Iowa
hasJurisdictionOver Bloomfield, Iowa Territory
historicalEvent death of Black Hawk
locatedIn Iowa Territory
southeastern Iowa
locatedInPresentDay State of Iowa
namedAfter Garrett Davis
notableFor being the place where Sauk leader Black Hawk died
partOf American Midwest
American frontier regions
United States territorial system
timePeriod mid-19th century
usedLanguage English
usedLegalSystem territorial law of Iowa Territory

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