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==History== The future county's first permanent settlement was Rushville, founded in 1846 by persecuted members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] as they were being driven out of [[Nauvoo, Illinois]]. This is not to be confused with the state's present-day [[Rushville, Iowa|Rushville]] in [[Jasper County, Iowa|Jasper County]]. A nearby settlement, also founded by the Mormon settlers, was called Coonsville after Dr. Liberius Coons, one of the first arrivals. That settlement continued after the Mormons [[Mormon migration|moved on]]; its name was changed to [[Glenwood, Iowa|Glenwood]] in 1853. In Glenwood, the first courthouse was a small frame building which served until 1857. It was replaced by a two-story building, which was enlarged in the 1900s and received a clock tower in 1910. In 1959 this building was replaced with the present building, dedicated on August 29, 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.millscoia.us/index.php/about-us/county-history |title="History" - Mills County |access-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811200110/https://www.millscoia.us/index.php/about-us/county-history |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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