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Rockingham Township is a former civil township in Iowa which was laid out in 1836 in Section 8 of Scott County, Iowa, United States, about four miles below the business section of Davenport. The first government surveyors of 1837 note the existence of a town named Rockingham. It was a rival of its eastern neighbor, Davenport, for several years and contested for the county seat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/history/places_abandoned.php )〕 The of the Township were annexed by, and became a part of, the City of Davenport on January 22, 1958.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/sc/tag/rockingham-township/ )〕 ==History== The voters of Scott County were responsible for choosing the county seat in the election of 1838. The newly incorporated city of Rockingham, along with neighboring Davenport, were the competitors. After Davenport had seemingly won, cries of fraud were raised following the election, so another election was held in August. This time Davenport, Rockingham and Winfield (Scott) were the competitors. Davenport, however, offered more land, buildings and cash donations than the other two towns and eventually won by default. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/history/ )〕 The Rockingham Post Office was opened March 11, 1837 and discontinued December 16, 1847 (the same year that the town itself ceased to exist).〔 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「Rockingham Township, Iowa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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