BlockAlexander Township
The complete chapter on this township from A Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876. 70 words, covering 4 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentonville | 28 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Fairfield (historical) | 32 | - | 11 | - |
| Pom-o-sa Heights | 33 | - | 14 | - |
| Wisdom | 29 | - | 4 | - |
Settlements in this township
4 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. None of the 4 is named in the chapter: they were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
70 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from A Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876. 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.
Alexander Township
Alexander, then on the County Court bench. It comprised, at first, all of what is now Tom, Alexander and the west side of Fristoe. It was organized from Montgomery Township, and loft in that Township only what is now the north-west corner of Hickory County. The first election was held at the house of Mrs. Crabtreo, and afterwards they were held at the houses of George Alexander and Nicholas Campbell.
Provenance
Text from A Sketch of the History of Benton County, Missouri, published 1876, 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.