1871

  • 1871: Second post office placed in Ash Creek
    By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    January 12, 2021
    The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911.   Rock County Village (continued from 01-07-20 edition of the Star Herald)   Ashcreek          The little village of Ashcreek, the first  station south of Luverne on the Doon extension of the Omaha railway, is one of the two Rock county hamlets in Clinton township. The platted town is on section 23 of that precinct. Though it has never assumed…
  • 1871: Clinton Township named after NY town
    By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    March 03, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from 02-27 edition)   Grant (Clinton)          Grant township, embracing the present precincts of Clinton and Kanaranzi, was created…
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