BlockPittsfield Township
The complete chapter on this township from With The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920. 258 words, covering 1 settlement. 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
1 settlementWhat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield | 12 | 46 | 1 | - |
Settlements in this township
1 placeEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. It is named in the chapter.
The chapter
258 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from With The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920. 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.
Pittsfield Township
The Pittsfield Township Unit of the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense was organized with the following officers and departmental chairmen, who constituted the Executive Board.
Registration: For the convenience of the women three registration booths were maintained in the various voting precincts, with a total of 739 women registering. After registration these names were properly classified as directed and from such classification lists of nurses were furnished the Red Cross officers for service during the influenza epidemic.
The Liberty Loan Committee took an active part in the Second, Third and Fourth Loan drives, using automobiles and making a very thorough house to house canvass, also maintaining soliciting committees in banks and churches.
The last work assigned the unit was that of taking full charge of the Armenian Relief drive in Pittsfield Township, which was handled in a very satisfactory manner, the quota being more than doubled.
Pittsfield Township Unit No. 2, C. N. D., consisting of the rural sections of Pittsfield Township, was organized Oct. 5, 1918, at the home of Mrs. J. D. Hess, county chairman of the Woman's Committee, C. N. D. Said rural portion of Pittsfield Township was divided into seven districts, the boundary lines of which coincided with the boundaries of the sever ne raised by a bazar. The pledge cards were distributed, and most all were signed. All members of the unit assisted in Red Cross work, making this their main branch of endeavor. All drives asked were made, and almost all were successful in filling the quotas assigned to
Provenance
Text from With The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920, 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.