Frankfort, IA

 FRANKFORT is in the central portion of the county [Montgomery County, Iowa], and the county seat. The first settlers were John Burnside, Dr. Amasa Bond, Hon. A. G. Lowe, Samuel Baer, W. L. Boydston and Thomas Davis. Mr. Burnside was probably the “first settler,” as he brought water out of his well by a ladder, and ground his corn in a coffee-mill. A vote has been taken to remove the county seat to Red Oak Junction, which resulted in a contest in the District Court, which is still pending.  (Hair's Iowa State Gazetteer..., 1865)