BlockBatavia Township
The complete chapter on this township from History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908. 248 words, covering 7 settlements. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
1 sectionThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
7 settlementsWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this township: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
| Settlement | Fires | Storm reports | Mines and quarries | Specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batavia | 3 | 63 | 5 | - |
| Heaton Park | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| Heritage West | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| Mooseheart | 1 | 11 | 5 | - |
| Randall Hills | 1 | - | 7 | - |
| Tanglewood | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| Woodland Hills | 3 | - | 5 | - |
Settlements in this township
7 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 1 of the 7 is named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
248 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.
Batavia Township
To the township of Batavia belongs the distinction of the first settlement in Kane county, Christopher Payne having arrived there and built his cabin in 1833. on the east side of the river within the present hmits of the city. Colonel James Lyon came early in 1834; Captain C. B. Dodson settled just south of the present city in June. 1834, at what was then called Clyburnville. smce disappeared.
Trade with the Indians brought profit, and the first store was built near the mouth of Mill creek; a sawmill was also erected; both by Captain Dodson. In 1835 Dodson and Clyburn contracted to remove the Indians to the West. Tames Vanatta is said to have located' east of Batavia in January, 1834. and a man named Corey took a claim near him. In December, 1833, James Nelson built a cabin and moved in at what was afterward known as Nelson's Grove, west of the city. John Gregg was the first blacksmith in the township. Settlers came from as far as Rockford, a week's trip down and back, to have their plows repaired.
By the end of 1838 settlers had come in in crowds. J. W. Churchill, William Van Nortwick, Joel AIcKee, James Risk, James Rockwell, Isaac Wilson, George Fowler and James Latham were permanently located by that time.
The first school in the county was in Batavia township, being opened by one Knowles in a log house on Colonel Lyon's land in 1834. The attendance was nine pupils.
Provenance
Text from History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.