The Township of Eaton

Clark County, Wisconsin

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Twp. 26 North, Range 2 West

 

Largest Community: Greenwood

 

Eaton Township was created July 20, 1869, by an order of the county board which designated the establishment should take effect on the first of March, 1870.

 

In may be stated here that in the orders creating the several towns the county board from time to time, fixed various dates when their orders should take effect, but in every case, no town was organized until the first town meeting day of the first Tuesday of April subsequent to the adoption of the order of the board.

The town of Eaton, the eighth to be made, was named for Elijah Eaton, one of the early settlers, and the first town meeting was held at the house of S. C. Honeywell, known familiarly through the county as "Case" Honeywell. Eaton now comprises one congressional township being town 26, N. of R. 2 west.

It was within the limits of the present town of Eaton that the first entry of land was made in the county of Clark. Lot number 6 in Section No. 3, Town 26, Range 2 W, was entered at the U. S. land office, by Hiram Pitts on the 28th day of September, 1849.

The entry is some two years earlier than the entry of James O’Neill, of the land where Neillsville is located.

The land entered by Pitt is on the west side of Black River opposite the city of Greenwood and the same land upon which Robert Schofield and Schofield and Weston had their sawmill many years after.

Source: Robert McBride's History of Clark County, WI

 

 

 

 


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