The History of Clinton County, Missouri : containing a history of the County, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Clinton County in the late war, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of Missouri, map of Clinton County, etc., etc . o the beginning at Palmers. Noble Township: All that countrj- between the waters of BeeCreek and Platte River, and south of Jefferson Township. Linville Township: All that country south of Sugar Creek, andsouth of the dividing ridge, between Sugar Creek, and Bee Creek, andsouth of Nathan Turn
The History of Clinton County, Missouri : containing a history of the County, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Clinton County in the late war, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of Missouri, map of Clinton County, etc., etc . o the beginning at Palmers. Noble Township: All that countrj- between the waters of BeeCreek and Platte River, and south of Jefferson Township. Linville Township: All that country south of Sugar Creek, andsouth of the dividing ridge, between Sugar Creek, and Bee Creek, andsouth of Nathan Turners. Platte Township: All that country between Platte River and theold boundary line, and south of Nodaway Township. In March, 1839, an order was issued for the building of a bridgeover the Horse Fork of Platte River, where the state road crossed thesame. N. F. Essig was authorized to superintend the work. Baldwin Township was organized October, 1839, i- named afterIsaac D. Baldwin. io8 HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY. These townships, however, have no existence now (i88-i) except-ing Platte, and in fact the townships first established by the court haveall undergone changes in their boundaries. The municipal townships, as at present fornned and bounded, willbe treated of fully in the succeeding CHAPTER IV. COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP SYSTEM-GOVERNMENT SURVEYS-ORGANIZATION OF TOWN-SHIPS-TOWNSHIPS NAMED AND DESCKIBED-SHOAL—PLATTE-LA FAVETTE-LATHROP—CONCURD-ATCHI ON—JACKSON-CLINTON- HARDIN. Before noticinyj the orders of the court in reference to townshipboundaries, we deem it proper to give some explanations of the countyand township system and government surveys, as so much depends inbusiness and civil transactions upon county limits and county organiza-tions. COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP SYSTEM. With regard to the origin of dividing individual states into countyand township organizations, which, in an important measure, should havethe power and opportunity of transacting their own bus
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