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Anamosa, Iowa is located in Jones County. Historically, Jones County was in the heart of the "Black Hawk Purchase". Following the Black Hawk War, a treaty was made on September 21, 1832 with the Sac and Fox Indians. They ceded a strip of territory extending 50 miles westward from the Mississippi River to the U.S. Government. This land was opened to settlements on June 1, 1833. It was a part of Michigan territory, then Wisconsin. Jones County is named in honor of General George W. Jones of Dubuque. At the second annual session of the legislature of Wisconsin, this land was subdivided into 14 counties as it is at the present time. This subdivision covered land in the Black Hawk Purchase and even further west to Indian lands not yet ceded to the United States. The first settlement in the Anamosa area was in 1838. The region was called "Buffalo Forks" because of the meeting of the Buffalo and Wapsipinicon Rivers. In 1856, the area was known as Lexington and was incorporated. In 1877, it was incorporated as a city. The name was changed to Anamosa, however, because of the confusion with mail delivery. There were many Lexington's in the United States. Anamosa was supposedly the name of a young Indian girl. Anamosa means white fawn. Several other legends exist about the story behind the name, one of which says that Anamosa and Wapsipinicon were star-crossed Indian lovers. ...

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