BlockRock Creek Township
The complete chapter on this township from History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916. 229 words, covering 1 settlement. 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
1 settlementWhat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockfield | - | 8 | 1 | - |
Settlements in this township
1 placeEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. It is named in the chapter.
The chapter
229 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.
Rock Creek Township
Rock Creek township was organized by the board of county commis¬ sioners in May, 1828, and an election ordered for the township, to be held at the house of Isaac Atkinson in 1833. Isaac Atkinson was elected justice of the peace. (The first school was taught in 1830 in a log school house" The Methodist Episcopal church was organized in 1836. A year or two later other religious denominations organized churches.
The town of Rockfield is located in this township, also the town of Burrows. The Wabash railroad runs through this township, and the towns mentioned are situate on this line of railway and on the Ft. Wayne and Northern Indiana traction road. Rockfield has a bank, as has also the town of Burrows. A fine school building is located in Rockfield. The Independ¬ ent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 301 is located in Rockfield and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 495 is located in Burrows. The first saw-mill was erected in 1831 by Emanuel Flood, on Rock creek. Later, on the same site, a flouring-mill was built by John Mullendore in 1848. This mill was known in later years as the "Dougherty" mill.
Among the first settlers were John Kuns, Aaron Merriman, Jacob Kuns, Christopher McCombs, John Farneman, John Corder, George Kuns, Eman¬ uel Flora, Samuel Williamson, Thomas Millard, Lewis Neff and William Atkinson.
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.