Monroe Township is a

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in Johnson County,

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. It is one of the townships on the northern edge of Johnson County, bordering Linn County.

History

Monroe Township was organized in 1846. During the latter half of the 19th century, the township was heavily settled by

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immigrants. The Czech population included a number of Czech protestant families who in 1893 built a chapel on property donated by George Chadima. The chapel was called "The Evangelical Bohemian Moravian Brothers" and was a satelite of the mother church at Ely in Linn County.Simek, P. ''Bohemians in Johnson County'' https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/9375833/the-bohemians-in-johnson-county-city-of-ely-iowa page 10 The church functioned until 1936 when it burnded down after being struck by lightning.

References

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