BlockJackson Township
The complete chapter on this township from History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910. 466 words, covering 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bretzville | - | 8 | - | - |
| Kyana | 1 | 4 | - | - |
Settlements in this township
4 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 2 of the 4 are named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
466 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910. 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.
Jackson Township
In this township the first entry was made by Philip Kimmel. On November 27, 1819, he entered the west half of the sDutlnvc.st quarter of section twenty-six, township two south, range four west. This land lies between St. Anthonj^ and the Southern railroad.
Jackson township's wealth is estimated at $525,000. In 1900, its population was 1,144. The Southern railroad passes through this township from east to west.
Near St. Anthony are abandoned red stone quarries. A layer of this stone begins near the Tretter school house in Ferdinand township and extends north to near Dubois.
The population of Jackson township, in the main, is of German descent, Catholic in religious thought, and democratic in political affiliations.
changed in order to secure a postoffice. Its plat bears date of April 10, i860, and calls the town St. Joseph. The original town covers the east half of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section twentysix, township two south, range four west. Joseph Reuber entered the land July 20. 1839. It was government land. On April 4 and 5. i860, Benj. R. Kemp .surve3'ed the town. The land was donated by John Reuber, and deeded to the trustees of the Catholic church.
Bretzvillc. The map of this town bears date February 8, 1866, but it was settled about 1850, by William Bretz, father of the man who laid out the town. The map shows its original name to have been "Town of New Town," but its similarity to Newton caused the government to request a new name when a postofflce was wanted, hence it now bears the name of its founder. In June, 1873, the change in name was made a matter ot record. The early merchants of the town were John M. Deinderfer, Martin Friedman, Philip Frick, Sr., and Geo. F. Schurz.
In 1866, when the postoffice was established, Mathias Schmidt was appointed first postmaster. James Murray was the first to conduct a school at Bretzville.
Kyana. This town was founded by the Louisville Mining and Manufacturing Compan3% and bears the abbreviation of its home state, and the termination of the name of the state in which it is located. The plat bears date of August 11, 1882. Its deeds contain a clause to prevent the sale of intoxicants. The town is situated on the Southern railroad and is a good shipping point. For 3^ears Capt. H. L. Wheat, who died in 1909, was its leading citizen.
St. Marks. M. B. Cox, trustee, is the founder of St. Marks. It is located on the Southern railroad near St. Anthony, and great things were expected of this town when its first lots were sold. St. Anthony is the postoffice and railroad station, though the station is located at St. Marks The town was laid out in 1872.
Provenance
Text from History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910, 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.