BlockPeculiar Township
The complete chapter on this township from History of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917. 195 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.
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
195 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from History of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917. 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.
Peculiar Township
The new town of Peculiar is located on the Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield railway, ten miles northwest of the county seat. By the last general census it contained a population of 206, and now has approximately a population of 500. It is a well built and goodly managed town. Situate as it is, in the midst of the finest agricultural country the eye ever beheld, does in fact, and of necessity, do a lucrative business.
The business men of the town have a keen insight to the demands of the people and are eager to meet such. Their people are wideawake and alert to them and their neighbors' welfare. In this union is the secret of the success of all.
There is a substantial bank here in point of capital and is superbly managed. It is profitable to its stockholders and a blessing to the com¬ munity. A lumber yard meeting the demands and approval of the peo¬ ple. Practically all lines of business are filled. Peculiar is renowned for her school and church facilities. Her people always aspire to better and higher ideals and are known as a God serving and happy people.
Provenance
Text from History of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917, 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.