Randolph County, Indiana - Chapter 5: Organization, 1882 (part 2 of 2)

White River, Farmland and Shiloh, $1,892; Macksville and Unionsport, $253; Winchester and Windsor, $3.300; Winchester and Deerfield, $2,800 ; Winchester and Bundy's Mill. $2,050 ; Winchester and State Line, $500; Dunkirk, $400; Lynn and Winchester, $1,000; Lynn and Spartanburg, $600; Arba and Bartonia, $2,040; Nettle Creek and Stony Creek, $600; Buena Vista and Unionsport, $1,173; Winchester and Huntsville, $1,526 ; Salem and Union City, $2,180; New Pittsburg and Hoover, $200; Union City and White River, $1,088; Union City and Winchester, $1,500 ; Stone Station and Olive Branch ; West River and Washington Township, $282: White River and Southern, $600; Williamsburg and Bloomingsport, $116; Economy and Bloomingsport; Newport and Winchester, $300 ; State Line, south. from Union City; State Line, north Union City and. Recovery.

Estimated Cost Of Pikes

Spartansburg and Arba, Cherry Grove and Lynn, March 28, 1869, seven miles; cost $14,616. James H. Hiatt, Engineer. Winchester, White River and Union City, September 10, 1869, seven miles, four chains; cost $8,998.20. J. Wharry, Engineer.

Macksville Cemetery and Unionsport, September, 1875. Dunkirk Company, right of way granted, June 5, 1876. Stone Station and Olive Branch, June 5, 1876.

In the present article, we give simply the names of the towns in Randolph County, with their location and actual condition, leaving the detailed description of each to another time and place. There are (or have been) in Randolph County, fifty-two towns, (or hamlets with names attached) and post offices, located in the various townships as follows :

Green Township - Emmetsville P. O., Sec. 5, Town 5, Ranges 7 and 8, Town 21, Range 138, decayed; Fairview P. O., Section 4, Town 21, Range 12, not flourishing; Olive Branch (hamlet), small; Rockingham, on Mississinewa, below Ridgeville, extinct ; Shedville P. O. (unincorporated), just begun; Steubenville, Sections 13 and 14, Town 21, Range 12, extinct; Carlisle, Section 12, Town 21, Range 13, extinct.

Ward Township - Berlin (perhaps on Mississinewa River), extinct; Deerfield P. O., Sections 16 and 17, Town 21, Range 14, decaying; Randolph P. O., Sections 16, 17, 20 and 21, Town 21, Range 14, small; Sarataga P. O., on Panhandle Railroad, not large; Stone Station, Sections 30 and 31, Town 21, Range 14, very small; (Clark P. 0.).

Monroe Township - Farmland P. O., Sections 12, 18, 18 and 20, Town 20, Range 13, thriving; Morristown, Parker P. 0O., Sections 16 and 17, Town 20, Range 12, thriving; Royston, Section 17, Town 20, Range 13, extinct.

Nettle Creek Township. - Fallen Timber P. O., northeast of Losantville; Flemingsburg, Section 23, Town 19, Range 12, extinct: Losantville P. O., Sections 11, 12, 13 and 14, Town 19, Range 12, small; Pleasant View, Good View P. O., Sections 11, 12, 18 and 14, Town 19, Range 12, small.

Recapitulation

Four of the above are only post offices. lets, never laid out as towns. Four are dead, but not wholly gone. Eightare very small. Eleven are much decayed. T'wo are somewhat active. Six have considerable trade. Two are quite large towns. There are twentyeight post offices.

Fort Wayne (now Allen County, but when laid out,.in Randolph County), 118 lots; streets, 66 feet; alleys, 5, 14,16 feet. The streets in the plat were: North and south - Barr, Clinton,Calhoun; east and west - Water, Columbia, Main, Berry.

Township 19 north, Range 1 west - surveyed by Daniel C. Cooper, 1800. Township 18 north, Range 13 east - east part, Henry Bryan 1811. Township 19 north, Range 13 east - east part, Jacob Fowler, it:

The 'field notes'"' were copied from the records at the Land Office (Cincinnati, perhaps) by Samuel Williams, Clerk in said office, March 1, 1884.