Editing Des Moines County, Iowa (section)

==History==
At an extra session of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of [[Michigan Territory]] held in September 1834, the [[Iowa District]] was divided into two counties by running a line due west from the lower end of [[Rock Island Arsenal|Rock Island]] in the [[Mississippi River]]. The territory north of this line (which started just south of the present-day [[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]) was named Dubuque County, and all south of it was Demoine County. It was named after the [[Des Moines River]].<ref>[http://www.iowacounties.org/About%20Us/AboutCoGov/County%20Pages/DesMoines.htm Des Moines County<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070703140822/http://www.iowacounties.org/About%20Us/AboutCoGov/County%20Pages/DesMoines.htm |date=July 3, 2007}}</ref> From July 3, 1836, until July 3, 1838, Des Moines County was part of [[Wisconsin Territory]]. The county underwent various border changes during this time. July 4, 1838, the named county became part of [[Iowa Territory]] (later the state of Iowa).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WI_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|title=WI: Individual County Chronologies|website=publications.newberry.org|access-date=September 28, 2016|archive-date=April 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414132220/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WI_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The current [[Des Moines County Court House]] was completed in 1940.<ref name="nps">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=64500856}}|title=PWA-Era County Courthouses of IA MPS|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=February 9, 2011|last=Svendsen|first=Marlvs A.}}</ref> The [[Iowa Army Ammunition Plant]] was also established in 1940.