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Lee County, Iowa, was established in 1836. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,862.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/19/19111.html )〕 It has two county seats — Fort Madison and Keokuk. Lee County is part of the Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-IL-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== Fort Madison dates to the War of 1812. Lee County was the location of the Half-Breed Tract, established by treaty in 1824. Allocations of land were made to American Indian descendants of European fathers and Indian mothers at this tract. Originally the land was to be held in common. Some who had an allocation lived in cities, where they hoped to make better livings. Large-scale European-American settlement in the area began in 1839, after Congress allowed owners to sell land individually. Members of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) fled persecutions in Missouri to settle in Illinois and Iowa. Nauvoo, across the border in Hancock County, Illinois, became the main center of Latter-day Saints settlement, but there was also a Latter Day Saints stake organized in Lee County under the direction of John Smith, the uncle of Joseph Smith, land that was sold to them by Isaac Galland in 1839. Lee has two county seats — Fort Madison and Keokuk.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The latter was established in 1847 when disagreements led to a second court jurisdiction.〔(North Lee County Historical Society ), Museums USA, accessed 11 Aug 2008〕 Lee County's population grew to about 19,000 in 1850, the first US census, to 37,000 per the 3rd census in 1870, peaking at 44,000 people in 1960. It has continuously decreased since and as of 2010, 35,862 people lived there, comparable to the years between 1860-1870.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee County, Iowa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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