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Lawrence County First Landowner Maps NEW IN 2008!
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BONO TOWNSHIP is located in the southeastern corner of the county, and is bounded on the north by the East Fork of White River, and on the West by Marion Township, on the east by Washington County and on the south by Orange County.
FLINN TOWNSHIP is situated on the eastern border of the county near
the center, and was called after the Flinn family, and is bounded on
the south by the East Fork of White River, and on the north and west
by Shawswick Township and on the east by Jackson County. Not until the
year 1817 was there a land entry made in the township.
GUTHRIE TOWNSHIP was the last township formed was named for one of the
oldest and most prominent families in the county from the very first
settlement to the present time. The East Fork of White River from where
it inters the county to the north of Guthrie's Creek, forms its southern
boundary. On the north, Shawswick and Flinn Townships bound it and Jackson
County on the east. It is traversed its entire length in a zigzag course
by Guthrie's Creek, into which Back Creek empties from the north.
INDIAN CREEK TOWNSHIP of the three townships lying on the western border,
the middle one is Indian Creek. It is so named for the creek that enters
it near the northwest corner, and after flowing in a sinuous and semicircular
direction, leaves the county near the southwest corner of the township.
Salt Creek and the East Fork of White River form the eastern and southern
boundaries.
MARION TOWNSHIP is located on the southern border near the middle of
the county, and is bounded on the north by the East Fork of White River,
on the east by Bono Township, on the west by Spice Valley Township and
on the south by Orange County.
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP is the middle of three townships that form the northern
tier in the county. It is the smallest one in the county, containing
twenty-eight sections in all, and was named for John Marshall, the renowned
Chief Justice of the United States.
PERRY TOWNSHIP is located in the northwest corner and was named for
the renowned Commodore of the American Navy who won the famous victory
over the British on Lake Erie in the war of 1812, and whose dispatch
concerning that event contributed not a little to his celebrity.
PLEASANT RUN TOWNSHIP is the northeast corner township and was created
at the organization of the county in 1818. The surface of the land in
Pleasant Run Township is generally rough and broken, and therefore but
poorly adapted to tillage. This portion of the county was the latest
settled of any.
SHAWSWICK TOWNSHIP is perhaps the most important township in Lawrence
County. Situated in the central part of the county, it is watered on
the south by the East Fork of White River, and on the west by the next
most important stream in the county, Salt Creek. Flowing entirely across
it from northeast to southwest is Leatherwood Creek, along which is
the best farming and agricultural land within the bounds of the county.
SPICE VALLEY TOWNSHIP is located in the southwest corner of the county.
On the west and south it is bounded by Martin and Orange Counties respectively,
while on the north the East Fork of White River forms nearly the whole
boundary, and on the east is Marion Township.