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Organized, December 11, 1880; named for Commodore Stephen Decatur; County seat, Oberlin; area, 900 square miles, 576,000 acres; population (1915), 7502; assessed valuation (1915), $11,334,641; resources and industries— agriculture, and stock raising OBERLIN Population (1915), 1019; elevation, 2528 feet; established, 1878; named for Oberlin, Ohio; has electric lights, waterworks, telephones and public library; is on the C. B. & Q. railway Oberlin Discontinued Oberlin Short-lived--Vol. 1 HERALD, Democratic; E. M. Coldren, editor, E. W-Coldren, associate editor, Coldren & Son, publishers, Oberlin. Weekly. June 12, 1879 + 36 vols. Founded 1879 by Humphrey & Counter TIMES, Republican; Lester M. Parker, editor and publisher, J. C. Parker, associate editor, Oberlin. Weekly. Jan. 2, 1891 + 25 vols. This paper is a continuation of the Allison Breeze, founded 1887 by W. E. Smith: name changed in 1888 to the Allison Times; moved to Jennings in 1889, and name changed to the Alliance Times, John Shields, editor; moved to Oberlin in 1890; name changed in 1893 to the Oberlin Times CEDAR BLUFFS Population (1915), 74; established about 1882; has telephones; is on the C. B. & Q. railway BEAVER VALLEY BOOSTER, Republican; H. S. and Lucy J. Kennedy, publishers, H. S. Kennedy, editor, Cedar Bluffs. Weekly. Aug. 17, 1910 + 5 vols. Founded 1910 by Harry S. Kennedy JENNINGS Population (1915), 227; elevation, 2488 feet; established, 1881; was first called Slab City; name changed to Jennings in honor of Warren Jennings; is on the Rock Island railway Jennings Discontinued GAZETTE, Republican; Forrest Glass, editor and publisher, Jennings. Weekly. Nov. 4, 1915 +. Founded 1888 as the Jennings Echo, by George W. Shook and Day; Echo, by George W. Shook and Day; name changed 1915 to Jennings Gazette, Forrest Glass, editor and publisher NORCATUR Population (1915), 398; elevation, 2628 feet; established, August, 1885; name compounded from Norton and Decatur because of its location near the line of both counties; industries—elevator, flour mill; has telephones; is on the C. B. & Q. railway Norcatur Discontinued DISPATCH, independent; J. W. Deeter, editor and publisher, Norcatur. Weekly. Aug. 18, 1910 + 5 vols. Founded 1909 by J. W. Deeter
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