BlockLemond Township
The complete chapter on this township from Geographical and Statistical History of Steele County from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Embracing Leading Incidents of Pioneer Life, Names of Early Settlers ... &c, published 1868. 332 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemond | 1 | 10 | 2 | - |
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
332 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from Geographical and Statistical History of Steele County from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Embracing Leading Incidents of Pioneer Life, Names of Early Settlers ... &c, published 1868. 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.
Lemond Township
The first settlement in the town of Lemond was in the spring of 1856, by Samuel Thomj^on, Sandford Kinney and Erasmus Teed, who were followed in the succeeding summer by Samuel Hastings. Kinney made his claim on section three, in the north-east part of the town ; Mr. Thompson located on section two. The settlement was not of rapid growth, but those who came were mostly permanent settlers, who had sought out this country to make a permanent home for themselves, and not to build up a home for others to occupy and enjoy.
The first birth in the town of Lemond was in the family of a Mr. Hughes. The first matrimonial alliance made and executed was contracted between Daniel Tuscan and Miss Cornelia Davis, the acknowledgement of which was taken by Sandford Kinney, Esq., in May, 1859. No deaths occurred in this town till 1860, when Mr. Wm. Hanson died in November of that year. The first school was taught by Mr. Stillman Kinney, in the winter of 1858-9. The irst religious service was held in January, 1858, Rev. Mr.
Moses was the officiating clergyman. There are no church buildings in the town, and the different denominations hold service in the school houses. Two good school houses have been built, in which schools are taught during the school terms of the year.
The soil is about the same as characterizes the other portions of the county, and produces excellent crops. The town is well waiered though it has no manufacturing facilities. Lawyers and doctors have never as yet found any inducements for settlement here.
Ghairman of Supervisors - S. M. Hastings, Supervisors - E. D. Teed, Sandford Kinney ; Town Cleric - E. Dampier ; Assessor - J. E. Hughes ; Collector - Jerome Coon ; Overseer of Poor - E. J. Coon ; Justices of the Peace - S. M. Hastings, Sandford Kinney. Since that time the following gentlemen have served as Chairman of Supervisors and Town Clerk :
Provenance
Text from Geographical and Statistical History of Steele County from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Embracing Leading Incidents of Pioneer Life, Names of Early Settlers ... &c, published 1868, 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.