Tipton County IN Archives History - Books .....Subsequent Township Boundaries 1883
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Book Title: Counties Of Howard And Tipton, Indiana

SUBSEQUENT TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES.

   In June, 1847, Wild Cat Township was created as follows: Beginning at the
northeast corner of Section 32, Township 23 north, Range 6 east, thence south
five miles, thence west twelve miles, thence north five miles, thence east
twelve miles to the place of beginning. The other townships were made to
correspond. At the March term, 1849, the townships were given the following
boundaries: Madison, located in the southeast corner of the county, to be eight
miles from north to south and five and a half miles from east to west, just its
present size; Cicero, located next west of Madison, to be seven and a half miles
from east to west, on the south, thence north six and a half miles, thence east
one mile, thence north one and a half miles, thence east six and a half miles,
thence south eight miles to the place of beginning; Jefferson, located next west
of Cicero, to be seven miles from east to west, and six and a half miles from
north to south; Prairie, to commence at the southeast corner of the northeast
quarter of Section 32, Township 22 north, Range 4 east, thence west eight miles,
thence north six and a half miles, thence east eight miles, thence south six and
a half miles, to the place of beginning; Wild Cat, to commence, at the southeast
corner of Section 20, Township 22 north, Range 6 east, thence west twelve miles,
thence north five miles to the county line, thence east twelve miles, thence
south five miles to the place of beginning. In June, 1849, Liberty Township was
created as follows: To commence at the northeast corner of Section 31, Township
23 north, Range 5 east, thence west five miles, thence south five miles, thence
east five miles, thence north five miles, to the place of beginning. At the same
time, Wild Cat Township was bounded as follows: Commence at the northeast corner
of Section 32, Township 23 north, Range 6 east, thence west seven miles, thence
south five miles, thence east seven miles, thence north five miles, to the place
of beginning. In September, 1851, a portion of eastern Prairie was attached to
Liberty, and a portion of southeastern Prairie to Cicero.

   In September, 1855, the boundaries of Cicero and Jefferson were altered to
what they are at present. In 1857, fifty-four citizens of Liberty and Wild Cat
Townships petitioned the Board to create a new township out of certain portions
of those two townships, but action thereon was postponed and finally dropped. In
1860, a petition to change the boundary between Madison and Cicero Townships to
a half mile east of where it now is was not granted. No other alterations have
been made in the boundaries of the townships.


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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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