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��HISTORY OF RICHLAND COUNTY

��the southern part of the township in 1846. The congi'egations were organized seven years be- fore the church was erected.

A Catholic society was organized in 1868 in Loudon ville, and a ])rick church erected about tlie same time.

The Presb^^terians had for many yenYS, a small society here, but were not able to erect a church until 1873, at which time they erected the pres- ent brick edifice.

An English Lutheran Church was organized in 1878, and the present brick building erected in 1879.

But little can be said in favor of the Loudon- ville schools. Mr. Haskell's academy was, unfortunately, allowed to go down after his death, and there seems -to be at present, an opening for the Loudonville people to exercise their public spirit in this direction.

The Loudonville Advocate was started March 20, 1873, l)eing the fourth paper established in Loudonville. It was a stock concern, and edited by J. H. Ruth, formerly' of Ashland ; continued

��in that position until December, 1877, when the office was disposed of to Messrs. Stauffer & Miller, of Quakerstown, Bucks Co., Penn. In December, 1869, Mr. Miller retired and Peter H. Stauffer became sole proprietor. The paper is neutral in politics.

The Loudonville Democrat was established in this place by J. Gr. Herzog, a native of the State of New York, February 28, 1879, and has just closed the first year of its publication. Its circulation is over eight hundred. It is neatly printed, and in a prosperous and healthy condi- tion.

The town was incorporated in 1850, and the following is a list of the Mayors : William Hook, John McCormick (twice re-elected), A. L. Scott, John Strong, Jesse Hayes, A. L. Scott (four times re-elected), William Larwill (re- elected), A. L. Scott, D. Rust (re-elected), A. L. Scott, John Strong, John B. Long, Robert Hill (re-elected), John B. Long (twice re-elected), John W. Bull and C. S. Deyarmond, the pres- ent incumbent.

��Organization, Boundaries, Etc.-

��CHAPTER LXX.

MILTON TOWNSHIP.*

-Springs — Surveyed — Soil and Timber- Document — Early Settlers, Etc.

��-Hunting-Grounds — An Official

��MILTON TOWNSHIP was organized June - 4, 1816, out of Mifflin, being at that date twelve miles long from north to south, and six miles wide. It remained in this shape until October 15, 1818, when Clear Creek was formed out of the north half leaving Milton six miles square in Richland County. When Ashland County was formed, in 1846, its four tiers of sections on the east were transferred to that county. The two tiers of sections remaining in Richland were enlarged and called Weller, the four in Ashland being: called Milton. Its

��'Now in Ashland County, formerly in Richland.

��dimensions are, therefore, four by six miles, with Montgomery on the east and Mifflin on the south.

No streams of consequence are found in this township, but there are many beautiful springs, one of the strongest in the county being found near the " Short farm."

It was survejed in November, 1806, by Gen. James Hedges. Like other townships in the county, it was densely timbered with oak, beech, hickory and other hardwood. The south- ern part is described as hilly and the soil of in- ferior quality. The eastern part is generally level and the soil good ; over the remainder of

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