This railroad siding - Thayer's Siding may have been so named. Clear Lake is also home to the Surf Ballroom, famous venue where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper played their last show.Founded in 1900, it gets its named from one of the first settlers to the community Irish immigrant Daniel Dougherty. When asked what they wished to call the siding, as the story goes, the Skene Bros. said that being in the area was quite a 'venture'. This area of the county had many undrained water areas and marshy spots which made it suitable for cattle grazing which helped the early begins of Thornton combine with the newly built railway which connected Fort Dodge and Mason City, IA. You can easily find the county that you live in by looking up an address or using your location.
What else can you do with the county finder tool? Then in 1870, the name was changed to Rockwell, after George B. Rockwell. Knapp (Thornton was his middle name). Some land grants were owned by families and the towns were named after these families. Plymouth County has provided services to its citizens for over three hundred years. It was thought that the village was located in a valley or dale at the time and therefore the town name Swaledale was adopted. It is the home of a number of marinas, state parks, and also a popular summer destination for many vacationers. However, to identify the freight lading for the railway, the town name needed to be included. Mr. Hamilton Browne, a contractor from Fort Dodge, IA was one of the first settlers to the area and as a promise to his wife he named the town after her maiden name (Swale). If you’re interested we still have spots open. TAUNTON PLYMOUTH Carver Barnstable Berkley Rehoboth LakevilleDighton Seekonk Eastham Rochester Orleans Bristol Swansea Somerset Freetown Wareham Bourne Sandwich Dennis Brewster Marion Acushnet Mattapoiset FALLRIVER NEW BEDFORD BARNSTABLE Yarmouth Harwich Chatham Westport Dartmouth Fairhaven Mashpee Falmouth Tisbury Gosnold Oak Bluffs Nantucket West Tisbury MASSACHUSETTS COUNTIES … With a city motto of, “Sportsman’s Paradise,” it is a destination for those who enjoy fishing, hunting, boating, biking, and snowmobiling. It is also our goal for this website to continually evolve and to serve as an easy access to useful links to your local town, state, and federal government web sites, as well as provide access to links of the many historic and cultural destinations and resources in beautiful Plymouth County. Like its neighboring city Plymouth, Rock Falls benefited from the Shell Rock River as well. The hotel is the only operating hotel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright remaining in the world. Incorporated in 1893, the town of Meservey gets its name from a prominent Fort Dodge, IA citizen by the name of S.T. It is also home to the Park Inn Hotel designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Like so many of the other small towns of Cerro Gordo County Plymouth benefited by having the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad tracks that were laid through the newly build town. Incorporated in 1871, the city is named for the large lake on which it is located. Mr. Thayer was the first to cut baled hay and sold from the first railroad siding he built.
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Founded in 1858 the town of Plymouth was so named as a large granite boulder was found in the area and reminded the Pioneers of “The Plymouth Rock” in Massachusetts. Molly Vollmer, Director of Education, Co-Operative Extension Service Our equipment has started to come in for our intro to field hockey program!! Mason City is known for its musical heritage, consistently producing successful performers and educators. Christine Richards, Director of Information Systems When the railroads came through, they passed through land obtained through land grants. The County has a vital role in the region and holds a number of historically significant properties utilized by its residents to this day. A few years later, Plymouth County was annexed by Massachusetts Bay Colony. Incorporated in 1892, the name comes from one of the early settlers Mr. J.T.