"The county was the smallest
level of state government... It was divided into twelve townships--three
tiers of four townships, each six miles by six miles. The township then,
was contained within a grid of seven parallel lines crossed by seven vertical
lines. The parallel lines were called the townshp lines and the vertical
lines called the range."
The townships can be identified by their township and range numbers:
| T71 R24 = Franklin Twp. | T71 R25 = Green Bay Twp. | T71 R26 = Knox Twp. | T71 R27 = Doyle Twp. |
| T72 R24 = Jackson Twp. | T72 R25 = Osceola Twp. | T72 R26 = Ward Twp. | T72 R27 = Troy Twp. |
| T73 R24 = Liberty Twp. | T73 R25 = Fremont Twp. | T73 R26 =Washington Twp | T73 R27 = Madison Twp. |
Highway Record Book "A" was found in the Clarke County Auditor's Office. The following records are listed under "Official Record of surveys in Clarke County, Iowa." The county surveyors listed were John Clark, A.C. Rarick, S.E. Lincoln, and R.B. Van Patten.
1855:
Land Description |
Requested Survey: |
Approved by: | |
| Sec 2 T71 R24 | L.N. Boggs | Sacker Wyat | A.J. Hood |
| Sec 26 T72 R24 | Abner Beagle | Sacher Wyat | L.N. Boggs |
| S22 T71 R24 | Sacker Wyatt | L.M. Boggs | Abner Beagle |
| Sec 13 T71 R24 | Martin Hood | Wm. Scott G.W. Glenn |
Uriah Garris Edward Johnson |
| Sec 12 T71 R24 | Alfred Hood & Joseph Davis | G.W. Glenn Wm. R. Mason |
Edward Johnson |
| NE 1/4 Sec 24 T71 R24 | Alonzo Williams | Martin Hood | Alfred N. Hood |
1856:
| part of SE 1/4 | John Beard | A. Beagle | Sacher Wyatt |
1868:
| N 1/4 resurveyed | S. Gates & J. Beard | G.P. McReynolds | H. Sanders |
1869:
| SW 1/4 | S. Wyatt & S. Hitt | John Wolverton | Joseph Exley |
1870:
| N. line run | J. Bevard | L.T. Brower | Joe A. Horner |
| N. line rerun | John Newsome & W. Garris | C.W. Colt J.F. Smith |
John Garris |
1872:
| A. Bailey's lot 30 | order of court | J.D. Barnard | C. Williams |
| north line resurveyed | Mr. Kenady & others | Frances Snyder | Peter Baily |
1885:
| Sec 11 T72 R24 | Abner Beagle | L.N. Boggs | Sacker Wyatt |
1886:
| Corners 2 & 3 re-established | L.W. Boggs & Buckingham |
1891:
| North line retraced | J.W. Hood | E.T. Erb | E.W. Buckingham |
1896:
| establish & proportion the N & S middle lineSec 2 T71 N 24W | U.R. Garris & John Newsome |
Samuel Garris | Frank Newsome |
no date
| S line of SW 1/4 | John Wolverton | S. Wyatt | Joseph Exley |