Norfolk Township Time Line, Renville Co., MN
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1868 (fall) - The first settlers of the township were S. D. Childs and 
              Charles Sherwood. Soon after, Michael Maloney, and Peter 
              and Gust St. Dennis came to the township. 

1869 - Services were held in private homes and also the schoolhouse by Rev. 
       Nakum Tainter, a Methodist minister. 

1869 (early) - James Brown, Patrick Williams and Dennis Gleason arrived. 

1869 (March) - Theda Childs was the first birth in the township, daughter 
               of S. D. Childs. She died the following September. 

1869 (July) - D. W. Brown was the second birth in the township. 

1869 (July 26) - The Township of Norfolk was organized as Houlton. Various 
                 changes took place both in name and territory after that. 

1869 (summer and fall) - Others came to the township: John Stone, Charles 
                         Bowler, S. F. Warner, Timothy Kennedy, John Hogan, 
                         James Murphy and Thomas Brady. 

1874 - The township name was changed to Norfolk Township. 

1875 (March) - The first officers were elected: Silas Brooks, chairman; 
               John Wadenspaner and Philip Ryan, supervisors; W. F. 
               Bowler, clerk; Charles Ingram and John Regan, constables; 
               Frank Adair, Ed Mahoney and Pat Williams, road overseers. 

1876 (October 2) - Norfolk Township assumed its present boundaries.