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Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties
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DAYTON, the first village of Audubon County -- now defunct -- was platted July 9, 1855, by the county judge. It was situated on the east half of the northwest quarter of section 22, township 78, range 35, west. It was designated as the first county seat, the board of commissioners giving it its name. "AUDUBON CITY" was platted September 3, 1856, by Thomas Lewis and N. Hamlin, D. M. Harris was county judge and P. I. Whitted the surveyor. It was located on the southwest quarter of section 25, township 78, range 35, west, and is now numbered among the defunct villages of the county. EXIRA was platted June 1, 1857, by County Surveyor P. I. Whitted and acknowledged before County Judge D. M. Harris. It is situated on section 4, township 78, range 35, west. Houston's addition was authorized to be platted by A. B. Houston, September 2, 1878. WEST EXIRA was platted March 29, 1879, by H. F. Andrews, William F. Stotts, Henry B. Houston and John N. Griggs. OAKFIELD was platted January 4, 1858, by Erasmus Bradley and Alva B. Brown. It was located on the west half of section 20 and the northeast quarter of section 19, township 78, range 35, west. LOUISVILLE was platted June 4, 1866, by N. Hamlin. It was situated on the north west quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 16, township 78, range 35, west, and s now defunct. HAMLIN was platted April 29, 1873, on sections 1 and 2, township 79, range 35, by N. Hamlin, I. N. Donnell, P. G. Bryan, George W. Seevers, H. W. Maxwell and H. D. Thompson, under the title of "The Hamlin Town Company." It is now defunct. AUDUBON was platted by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, September 23, 1878, on the southwest quarter of section 21, township 80, range 35, west. Hart's addition to Audubon was platted April 3, 1886. The Rock Island Railroad Company made additional plats, dated as follows: June 20, 1879; May 24, 1880; January 4, 1882. BRAYTON was platted December 16, 1878, by John S. and John P. Jenkins, consisting of thirty acres on the south side of section 19, townshp 78, range 35. GRAY was platted August 10, 1881, on the southeast quarter of section 12, township 81, range 36, west, by Georghe and Fanny Gray. ROSS was plannted July 28, 1882, by The Western Town Lot Company. KIMBALLTOWN, the last village platted as yet in the county, was platted June 2, 1888, by Hans J. Jorgenson, on the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 30, township 79, range 36, west. |
| Prev. <=== Continue Reading ===> Next Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass September, 2014 from "Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties", Chicago: W. S. Dunbar & Co., 1889, pp. 667. |
