BlockHelvetia Township
The complete chapter on this township from Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912, published 1912. 85 words, covering 3 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland | - | 41 | 1 | - |
| Sebastopol | - | 4 | 5 | - |
Settlements in this township
3 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 1 of the 3 is named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
85 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912, published 1912. 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.
Chapter Lxiii History Of Highland
Early Settlement of Highland - Foundation of the Town - Industrial Development and General Growth - First General Election - Postoffice Established - German and Swiss Immigrants - Highland in 1841 - Enterprises of the Past - Highland Militia - Schools and Churches - The Public School - Prominent Men - Societies and Lodges - Incorporated as a Village - Organize as a City - Presidents and Mayors of Highland - Industries - Banks - Stores and Hotels - A City in a Park. 529
Provenance
Text from Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912, published 1912, 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.