BlockSpring Hill City
The complete chapter on this township from History of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915. 382 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | 2 | 6 | - | - |
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
382 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from History of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915. 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.
Spring Hill City
This town lies in the southwestern portion of the county, and has an area of 23,- 040 acres. The surface is chiefly a high rolling prairie, except along the Sauk river, which waters a few sections in the eastern part. Stony brook rises in the northwest part of the town, flows in a southeasterly direction, and enters the Sauk river on section twenty-four. This, and several other small streams which rise in the town, are fed by flne large springs, usually found on the high lands, and from which fact the town derives its name. The soil is a heavy clay loam with a clay subsoil, except along the Sauk river, where it is more sandy.
The first settler in this town was Jesse B. Getchell, who made a claim on the east side of Sauk river in 1857. West of the river, but in the eastern part of the town, the following settlers made claims in 1860: Peter Gau, John F. Unger, John A. Schoenborn, Zeno Och, George Ranch, and Joseph Ranch.
of Oak township. The first death was that of John A. Schoenborn, in 1863. The first marriage also took place in 1863, the parties being Frank Aegner and Anna Petre.
This territory had been included in some township organizations since 1858, but in 1871, Spring Hill was organized with its present boundaries. The first election was held at the residence of F. W. Lenz, on July 10, at which the following officers Vvere chosen: Supervisors, Nicholas Hennen (chairman), John Gross, and Gerhard Stalberger; clerk, F. W. Lenz; assessor, Andrew Stalberger; and treasurer, Conrad Kerkhof.
The first church was a log building, erected on section twenty-two about 1864. It was burned and in its stead was erected a commodious frame church, adjoining v.hich a brick parsonage was erected in 1881.
The first school was held in the summer of 1867, by Henry Durr, in a frame schoolhouse on section twenty-seven; it was removed to section twenty-two..
Spring Hill Village has a population of about 100. It is a discontinued postoffice eight miles southwest of New Munich, the banking and shipping point, on the "Soo" Line. Mail is received by R. F. D. from Melrose. Matthew Bauer, blacksmith; Wm. J. Kobon, general store; Henry S. Ley, general store; Peter Rahmacher, harness.
Provenance
Text from History of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915, 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.