BlockJefferson Township
The complete chapter on this township from History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916. 166 words, covering 12 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
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breezy Point | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| C and C Beach | - | - | 1 | - |
| Lower Sunset Park | - | - | 1 | - |
| Patton | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Roth Park | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sandy Beach | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Scarlet Oaks | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Sleeth | 3 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Terrace Bay | - | - | 1 | - |
| Upper Sunset Park | - | - | 1 | - |
| Walnut Gardens | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Yeoman | 2 | - | - | - |
Settlements in this township
12 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 2 of the 12 are named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
166 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.
Jefferson Township
. Jefferson township was organized by the board of county commission¬ ers in May, 1836, and Joseph Williamson was appointed inspector of elec¬ tions. The first township election was held in 1839, at the house of Robert Mitchell. The first school house was built in the year 1834, on the farm of Moses Grandstaff. Nathan C. Gillam was the first school teacher. In 1856 the first school tax was levied by the trustee. The average length of time of schools was one hundred and twenty-five days)
The gospel was preached in this township, as in other townships, in the early days. In 1855 the Methodist Episcopal and the United Brethren denominations erected churches. The first saw-mill was built on the Tippe¬ canoe river in 1834, bv Anthony Sheets, and he afterwards added buhrs to grind wheat and corn. This mill was located at what is now known as "Oak Dale/* The villages of Yeoman and Patton are situate in this town¬ ship, on the Monon railroad.
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.