This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gale, Woodworth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fl.2ADE/1780 Message Board Post: In researching my family in Mahaska County, I have come across several references to towns being settled/begun by people from Vermont. Often they were Methodists or people of other denominations that came west to Iowa. SInce my ancestors were born in Vermont, this was very interesting to me. I am trying to figure out why they came to Iowa and this may have been one reason..does anyone have any thoughts or information about Vermonters settling towns in Mahaska County? thank you