Faulk County, SD History .....Chapter XXII Town Organizations 1909
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CHAPTER XXII.

TOWN ORGANIZATIONS IN FAULK COUNTY.



Town                 Township    Range                Date of Organization

Arcade                 117        68                        July 15,  1908

Centerville            118        67                        January,  1905

DeVoe                  119        67                        Spring of 1905

Emerson                120        68                          May 15, 1900

Enterprise             120        70                         July 20, 1901

Elroy                  119        72                         March 4, 1890

Fairview               120        67                         March 7, 1893

Freedom                120        69                                  1896

Hillsdale              117        67                         March 7, 1905

LaFoon                 118        68                         January, 1889

Latham                 118        71                         March 1, 1885

Myron                  119        68                         March 5, 1901

Orient                 117        69                        October3, 1887

Pioneer                118        66                       January 1, 1905

Pulaski                119        69                                  1891

Saratoga               119        70                         July 27, 1891

Seneca                 118        72                         March 1, 1904

Sherman                120        72                     February 23, 1892

Union                  120        66                         March 5, 1907

Wesley                 119        66                          May 20, 1905

Zell                   117        66                                  1888





    The seven remaining townships in the county, viz: Clark, Bryant, Ellisville,

Irving, Tamworth, township 117, range 71 and township 119, range 71, without

regard to township lines, are arranged into school townships, with the following

officers:



Clark school township, 120, range 71,

    Joseph Heintzman, chairman.

    Edward Ford, clerk.

    Joseph Sahli, treasurer.



Bryant school township, part of township 118, range 70, with the most of

township 119, range 71,

    John Barrett, chairman.

    J. H. Peck, clerk.

    August Weyand, treasurer.



Irving school township, all of township 117, range 70, one-third of township

118, range 71 and one-half of township 117, range 71:

    O. M. Roberts, chairman.

    P. J. Maloney, clerk.

    Christ Hansen, treasurer.



Ellisville school township, township 117, range 72 and one-half of township 117,

range 71;

    Frank Arzt, chairman.

    P. M. Christensen, clerk.

    Adam Sangster, treasurer.



Tamworth school township, all of township 118, range 69, less the city of

Faulkton, which is located upon sections fourteen and fifteen in this township.

The following are the school officers in Tamworth township:

    Fred Kleeblatt, chairman.

    F. A. Pangburn, clerk.

    Emerson Thayer, treasurer.



    The village and railroad station of Orient are in the town of Orient. The

villages of Zell and Rockham on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad are both in

the town of Zell. The village and railroad station of Miranda are on section 1,

in the town of Arcade. The town and railroad station of Burkmere are on section

7, township 118, range 70.



    The village of Seneca is an important and flourishing railroad center for

western Faulk county and eastern Potter county. Millard station is ten miles

north of Faulkton in the town of Pulaski on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul

railroad.



    The following are the several railroad stations in Faulk county on the line

of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad, viz: Chelsea in the town of Union;

Cresbard in Emerson; Carlyle in Enterprise and Onaka in Sherman.



   At the present time Cresbard has become an important, flourishing business

center.





Additional Comments:
From:



HISTORY OF

FAULK COUNTY

SOUTH DAKOTA

CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS



TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS



ILLUSTRATED

19O9





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