BlockNewbury Township
The complete chapter on this township from Illustrated Historical Atlas of LaGrange County, Indiana., published 1874. 210 words, covering 3 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatys Beach | - | - | 4 | - |
| Shipshewana | - | 18 | 3 | - |
| Shipshewana Lake | - | - | 4 | - |
Settlements in this township
3 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. None of the 3 is named in the chapter: they were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
210 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from Illustrated Historical Atlas of LaGrange County, Indiana., published 1874. 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.
Newbury Township
Newbltry Township was surveyed in 1830. We have not been able lo obta'm ihc name of ihe first settler. Among the earliest were AI111011 Laurence, Alexander Poynter, Joseph Keasey, Amos Davis, Franklin Goodnow, Messrs. Shrake and Slylcs, the Nelson and Cotton families, George Loiterer. Mr. Hornby, Tntniau Wilkinson. E. Green. George Hill, and Messrs. Bciry and Woodbridge.
The first election was held at the house of Truman Wilkinson, on section 17, April 3, 1S37. Whole number of voters. 13. Amos Davis was elected Justice of the Peace ; Willard Collon, Consiable ; Elijah West. Inspector ; Esick Green. Supervisor; George Loiterer and Elijah West, Overseen of Poor, Franklin Goodnow and George Hill, Road Viewers.
The township was named on the tiny of this election, The First death was Mary Shrake, June, 1837. The Rev, Mr. Brown of Middlcbury, Elkhart Counly. was one of Ihe first preachers in the county.
The next frame was a barn by F. Goodnow, on section 7. Amos Davis buill a mill on section 19 in 1838. There are five saw-mills in (he township
The township contains a large amount of marsh. The stream called Little Elkhart River rises in Clear Spring Township and passes through Ibis lownship in a norlh westerly direction, into Elkhart County.
Provenance
Text from Illustrated Historical Atlas of LaGrange County, Indiana., published 1874, 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.