Townships in Buchanan County
Township | Location | Some Early Families* | Points of Interest located in the Twp. |
Agency |
Central Tier; Bounded by Washington, Center, Jackon and Tremont | Gilmore, Poteet, McDowell, Reynolds, Reese, Moore, Estes, Martin, Lamb, Fulton |
Population in 1915 = 888
Agency |
Bloomington |
Southern Tier; Immediately west of Crawford Twp | Roberts, Gardner, Horn, Underwood, Jones, Hickman, Ballow, Geer, Hamilton, Davis, Hill, Bowen, Field, Van Hoozier, Uriah, Garten, Gabbard, Yocum, Murphy, Stewart, Ellison, Moore, Brown, Clasby, Sampson, Womack, Pettigrew, McCubbin, Finch |
Population in 1915 = 1445
DeKalb
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Center |
Bounded by Wayne on west, Washington on north, Agency on east and Crawford on south | Hill, Reames, Waller, Smith, More, Dawson, Marthin, Duncan, Hunter, Ritchie, Donovan, Connett, McCauley, Gordon, Woodward, Donnell, Woodward, Hirsch, Gann, Copeland |
Population in 1915 = 1231
Sparta Bee Creek Willow Brook |
Crawford |
Southern Tier; Immediately west of Jackson Twp. | Fowler, Harrington, Bailey, Guinn, Lockhart, Curl, O'Toole, Jones, Spencer, Payne, Brown, Thomas, Ferril, Baker, Hickman, Judah, Roundtree, McDonald, Feland, Moultrie, Turner |
Population in 1915 = 1153
Faucett Halleck Wallace |
Jackson |
Southern Tier; Immediately west of Platte Twp. | Yates, Farris, Jackson, Johnson, Prather, Walker, Wilson, Ray, Cunningham, McCrary, Grable, Arnold |
Population in 1915 = 593
Arnoldsville |
Lake |
North of Rush and West of Wayne | McHammer, Siebert, Wilson, McKinney, James, McGalliard, Wilson, Gabbert |
Population in 1915 = 147
Wilson's School |
Marion |
Eastern Tier; Immediately north of Tremont | James, Cornelius, Boyer, Blakely, McGowan, Clark, Hasenmeyer, Marker, Roberts, McCorkle, Kessler, Wiedmayer, Wunderlich, Beck, Slaybaugh, Davis, Minor, Gibson, Shortridge, Wiley |
Population in 1915 = 1607
Easton San Antonio New Hurlingen |
Platte |
Southern Tier; SE corner of Buchanan County | Enyard, Everett, Munkers, Erickson, Williams, Huntsucker, Bledsoe, Cobb, Fletcher, Rockhold, Tobin, Dryden, Burnham, Kennaird, Pile, Anderson, Trower, Witt, Berryhill, Courtney, Fidler, Elliott, Cummins, Whitson and Rohan |
Population in 1915 = 794
Platte River Post Office Burnett School Witt Meeting House (Calvinistic Baptists) |
Rush |
Southern Tier; SW corner of Buchanan County | Allison, Canter, Seips, Owen, Utt, Wells, Hayes, Hays, Baker, Carpenter, Graves, Flannery, Leachman, Hudson |
Population in 1915 = 1472
Rushville Winthrop |
Tremont |
Easterm Tier; Immediately north of Platte | Davis, McDaniel, Jeffers, Miller, Irwin, Gilmore, Bedford, McCreary, Schultz, Jones, Herring, Finch, Mudgett |
Population in 1915 = 865
Garretsburg Frazer Rock House Prairie |
Washington |
Northern Tier; NW corner of county north of Wayne and Center | Whitehead, Hanson, Cochran, Waymire, Pugh, Palmer, Hyde, Sollars, Parker, Miller, Karnes, Fudge, Kauffman, Williams, Groschon, Jones, Maxwell, Cox, Ewing, Wallee, Davis, Coughern, Rogers, Kercheval, Kemper, Smith, Keedy, Hughes, Boyd, Harris, Cladden, Hall, Hundley, Gilmore, Richardson, Poulin |
Population in 1915 = 794
St. Joseph, Vories, Inza, South St. Joseph Saxton |
Wayne |
North of Bloomington and East of Lake | Lower, Hawley, Dunning, Devorss |
Population in 1915 = 1048
Hall's Lake Station Yeakley's School Kenmoor |