BlockHoney Creek Township
The complete chapter on this township from ILLINOIS HISTORICAL CRAWFORD COUNTY, published 1909. 343 words, covering 5 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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncanville | - | 3 | 2 | - |
| Flat Rock | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| New Hebron | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Port Jackson | - | - | 1 | - |
| Villas | - | - | 1 | - |
Settlements in this township
5 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 1 of the 5 is named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
343 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from ILLINOIS HISTORICAL CRAWFORD COUNTY, published 1909. 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.
Honey Creek Township
This township is bounded by Robinson Township on the north, Montgomery Township on the east, Lawrence County on the south, and Martin and Southwest Townships on the west. The Embarras River touches a point on its southwest corner, and Honey Creek runs through the northwest corner, Brush and Sugar Creeks flowing through the southeast part. The land is largely timbered, and while there are a few good farms, the soil compares rather unfavorably with that of other portions of the county.
The pioneer settlers of this township were John and Samuel Parker, whose arrival took place in 1816. In 1820 came George Parker from Kentucky, settling on the "Range road" near the site of Flat Rock. Other early residents were Seth Lee, John Hart, the Seaney family, Levi Lee, William Carter, and Jesse and James Higgins. The advent of these men soon followed the establishment of the Government Land Office at Palestine. Aaron Jones, a Virginian by nativity, came from Butler County, Ohio, and located in Honey Creek Township in 1832, having journeyed along Indian trails and paths made by hunters through the wilderness. The first land entered west of the "Range road" (running from Mt. Carmel to Chicago) was taken by Asa Jones, and he was shortly afterwards followed Richard Highsmith, another pioneer, helped in constructing the fort at Russellville, and slept in it with a few others as soon as it was finished. Leonard Simons came from Tennessee to Crawford County at an early period, and after living awhile at Palestine, established his home in Honey Creek Township. Samuel Bussard went from Maryland to Ohio at an early day, and thence moved to this township where he reared a large family. Peter Kendall and Robert Terrill located in the township in 1842.
in the early days of the settlement, the ravenous animals making it difficult to raise hogs and sheep. Meat was plentiful as a result of hunting, but until rude mills were built in the township, the people were compelled to go to Palestine for their flour and meal.
Provenance
Text from ILLINOIS HISTORICAL CRAWFORD COUNTY, published 1909, 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.