Hector Township Time Line, Renville Co., MN
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1874 (June 30) - Citizens met at the house of James Cummings and elected 
                 J. B. Perkins clerk of the meeting. Elected officers: 
                 W. H. Graham, Chairman; J. N. Chase, G. W. Colwell, and 
                 John Baker, Supervisors; J. B. Perkins, Justice of the 
                 Peace; J. J. Clark, Town Clerk; James Cummings, Treasurer;
                 and William Perkins, Assessor. In addition to the election
                 of the officers, it was voted that the name of the town 
                 be Hector. 

1875 - Plainfield Post Office was established by J. P. Perkins, Section 30.
       The post office is discontinued. 

1888 (May 14) - A disease was found by the Board of Health, of cattle, 
                to be malignant catarrh and ordered them destroyed and 
                buried 6 feet deep. Horses were found to have Glanders 
                and some were destroyed. 

1892 (September 3) - A vote on a bond for building and furnishing a town 
                     hall was held. 

1905 (September 5) - The Village Council and Town Board met in an attempt 
                     to buy the town hall. 

1915 (September 23) - Dr. Erickson agreed to build a building according to 
                      specifications for the town hall. 

1931 (June 22) - The State Bank of Hector became insolvent. The Citizens 
                 Bank of Hutchinson was designated as depository for 
                 township funds. 

1956 (October) - The Hectorville Hustlers 4-H Club was organized. 

1965 (spring) - Due to heavy snow and excessive water, the bridge pilings 
                were broken and roads were damaged.