BlockBurlington Township
The complete chapter on this township from History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916. 148 words, covering 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington | - | 16 | - | - |
| Carrollton | - | 3 | - | - |
Settlements in this township
2 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 1 of the 2 is named in the chapter; the other was founded later or was never more than a post office.
The chapter
148 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916. 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.
Burlington Township
Burlington township was organized by the board of county commis¬ sioners in March, 1832. Alston Wyatt was appointed inspector of elec¬ tions. The first township election was held on the first Monday in April, icS32, and Mahlon Shinn was elected justice of the peace. ^The first schools were taught in log cabins; the first of note was in 1836 on the farm of Edmond Moss. Brick school houses abound in this township. The gospel was preached in the log school houses until church buildings were erected. Burlington is the principal town in this township. It is located on the state Michigan road which runs through this township. It contains a fine high school building, a bank and churches. Burlington Lodge No. ill, Free and Accepted Masons, was organized at Burlington in 1851. Burlington Lodge No. 77, Independent Order of Odd Fellows was organized on Janu¬ ary 10, 1850.
Provenance
Text from History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916, 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.