My daughter is studying the history of New Hampton in school and brought home 6 typewritten, single spaced, pages of text. I thought I'd highlight some of for the list. Chickasaw County was first created as a political sub-division of the State of Iowa in 1851, by chapter 9, of the acts of the Third General Assembly, section 33. It was attached to Fayette County for election, revenue and judicial purposes. Later a petition was presented to the county judge of Fayette County asking that the County of Chickasaw be organized. The judge issued this warrant to that effect on June 31, 1853. Bradford was designated as the county seat. Officers elected were: LYONS, GODDARD, CAMPBELL, BABCOCK, SIMPLE. Other names mentioned are ROWLEY and FRAZEE. In the year 1854 James JARED took up a claim and located his homestead on the site where the city of New Hampton now stands. The post office was established in 1855 or 56. Osgood BOWAN was the first postmaster. New Hampton became county seat in 1857. The first bank was in 1856 and founded by A.E. BIGELOW. The first newspaper was published on Jan. 16, 1860 and called the New Hampton Courier. It was published by W. E. BEACH and L.J. YOUNG. The first paper published in Chickasaw County was the Chickasaw County Republican, published at Jacksonville. Isaac WATSON was publisher. (no date given). New Hampton was incorporated in 1873. Some other names mentioned are: JARED GURLEY SHOOK EDWARDS POWERS GARDNER RUNION CARPENTER PARKER WARNER COTANT BABCOCK SMITH DARROW SHAW HILL JOHNSON PEPPER SHEFFIELD CLOUGH BIRDSALL AYERS MAYS Some names have quite a bit of information and others just a mention of who was the first councilman (for example). Hope this helps some one out there. If any of the surnames are a "hit" let me know and I'll send you what information I have. Mary Kay