This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KEEP, WOODS, BURGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/770.1 Message Board Post: I own a 1915 history of Shelby County Iowa, and on page 273-74 it references the town of Kirkman as: On Oct 22, 1880, Albert KEEP, trustee, platted a part of the west one half of the northwest quarter of section 22, township 80, range 38, to be known as the town of Kirkman. The town of Kirkman was incorporated on the 7th day of March 1895. The first house bult in the town of Kirkman was erected by M. H. WOODS, who is yet a resident of the town (1915). This was a hotel called The Kirkman House. There is no further information about it that I can see. I hope this is helpful.