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A little history of the county that the McLuen family moved to from Ohio. ELBERT WRIGHT WEEKS. November, 1932 GuthrieCounty, IowaS4 UPON the World's surface Guthrie County is located between 41 and 42 parallels of North latitude. and between 90 and 95 west longtitude, It is in the fourth tier of counties from the south and fourth tier of counties from the west in the State of Iowa, U. S. A. It has an area of about five-hundred and seventy-six square miles. The first settler came in the spring of 1848 and settled on Section 1, Township 78, North, Range 30, West 5th P. M. The county was organized as a municipality July 8th, 1851. Its first officers were elected August 2nd, 1851. The county, as one of the municipalities of the commonwealth, has an extensive and favorable reputation throughout the state and beyond, wider, broader more favorable and influential perhaps than that of the average county of its size in the state, due to the number, character and influence of her citizens.
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