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Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 23 May 2003 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part IV Township Histories Turtle Creek Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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Turtle Creek Township was organized August 15, 1804. Originally, the township included a part of Union and all of Salem Township north and west of the Little Miami. The original boundaries were as follows: “Beginning on the Little Miami River, on the south side of Section No. 9, Township 4, Range 4, thence west, including two tiers of sections off of the south side of the Fourth Range, to the county line, at the south side of Section No. 3, Township 2, Range 4; thence south six miles to the south side of Section No. 3, Township 3, Range 3; thence east eight miles to the northeast corner of Section No. 32, and southeast corner of Section No. 33, Township 5, Range 3; thence south to the Little Miami, between Sections 31 and 25; thence up the Miami |
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along the same to the beginning.” Elections were held at the house of Ephraim Hathaway, in Lebanon. The east, north and west boundaries of the township remain as originally established. The south boundary only has been changed. The township is the largest in the county, and contains sixty-three entire sections and seven fractional sections. |
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