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	History of Lackawanna County & Townships
		The population of the township was 1,055 in 1870; 1,148 in 1880; 1,052 in 1890; 1,042 in 1900; 807 in 1910.
		The population of the township was 193 in 1880; 146 in 1890; 129 in 1900; 119 in 1910.
		The population of North Abington township was 1,072 in 1880; 1,090 in 1890; 362 in 1900; 319 in 1910.
	www.rootsweb.com /~palackaw/news/township.html (3727 words)

	Historical highlites of Ransom
		When Ransom was first settled, nearly its entire area was covered with a dense growth of timber, the only exception, a small portion in the north which was a natural opening.
		The first death in the Township was that of Allen Bird, the sixteen year old son of Rowland Bird, on March 8, 1839, The funeral sermon was delivered by The Reverend Jacob Ambler of Osseo, and such was the very first sermon delivered in in the town.
		Ransom Township furnished 143 men to serve in The Union Army during the Civil War, out of this number, 40 brave men laid down their greatest offering, their lives in defense of The Union.
	www.hillsdalecounty.info /history0096.asp (769 words)

	A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets of Missouri
		It is bounded on the north by Tarkio Township; on the east by Nodaway County; on the south by Holt County and on the west by Clark Township...
		The township of Lincoln is thus bounded on the north by the State of Iowa; and on the east by Nodaway County, Missouri; on the south by Tarkio Township, and on the west by Polk Township...
		Templeton Township was organized February 22, 1870...It is bounded on the north by Nisnabotna Township; on the east by Clay Township from which it is separated by the Nishnabotna River; on the south by Benton Township, and on the west by the State of Nebraska, from which it is separated by the Missouri River...
	thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org /lochist/moser/atchco.html (1464 words)

	Fort Ransom township, Ransom County, North Dakota (ND) Detailed Profile
		Fort Ransom township, Ransom County, North Dakota (ND)
		Back to: Ransom County, North Dakota (ND), All US cities.
		71% of Fort Ransom township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
	www.city-data.com /township/Fort-Ransom-Ransom-ND.html (101 words)

	Ransom Township
		Orasmus Doty was a contributor to early Ransom's population.
		The township 8 and fractional 9 South was named Rowland on January 28, 1840, in honor of Rowland Bird, a native of Massachusetts.
		The strife not ended, on March 29, 1850 it was changed to Ransom, which it has since remained.
	www.hillsdalecounty.info /government0026.asp (120 words)

	RansomTwp
		The township 8 and fractional 9 South was named ROWLAND on January 28, 1840, in honor of Rowland BIRD, a native of Massachusetts, the first settler of the township, and the great grandfather of Mrs.
		When Ransom Township was first settled, the entire area was covered with a dense and heavy growth of timber.
		She was a member of the Congregational Church in Ransom, played the church organ for many years, and was an active worker in the church.
	www.jowest.net /Research/RansomTwp.htm (2030 words)

	Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy Main Page
		On Thursday, December 19, representatives from Almira Township, the family of Max and Beatrice Goin, and the Regional Land Conservancy signed all the papers necessary to establish the Ransom Lake Natural Area.
		Almira Township residents had already formed the group Almira Citizens for Preservation with the motto "working to protect our lakes and land" in April, 2000; they shepherded the effort in partnership with the township and the Regional Conservancy.
		The Township has established a committee to finalize the regulations for public recreation on the property; they are currently at work on an appropriate management plan.
	www.gtrlc.org /main.htm (497 words)

	Cornelius Davis and Tabitha Wallace? of Brunswick and Columbus Co, NC
		Cornelius "Neal" Davis was born ca 1804/1805 in NC, presumably in the area near the present community of Delco, in Ransom Township in Columbus Co, NC.
		In 1877, Northwest Township of Brunswick County, including the Livingston Creek area (and what is known today as the Delco community) was given up by Brunswick County, NC and ceded to Columbus County, and became Ransom Township in Columbus County.
		Cornelius and his daughter Mahala and her children were listed in Ransom Township in Columbus Co, NC for the 1880 census.
	www.martygrant.com /gen/davis/brunswick/davis-cornelius-brunswick.htm (2779 words)

	MAIN PAGE
		Almira township has been awarded a grant totaling $110,000.00 for construction of a handicap accessible trail along Ransom Creek from the west end of the property to Ransom Lake.
		The property encompasses the beautiful, secluded Ransom Lake, 220 acres of wildlife habitat, forests, and wetlands, along with 3500 feet of Ransom Creek frontage.
		The property, now owned by Almira Township, will be kept in it's natural state, open to the public for hiking, hunting, fishing, bird watching, and nature study.
	www.twp.almira.benzie.mi.us /ransom.htm (409 words)

	Carolyn Brady \| Historical Research \| Ransom Place Historic District, Indianapolis
		The Ransom Place Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 for its significance in the history of Indianapolis's African-American community.
		Freeman B. Ransom (1882-1947) was an attorney and general manager of the Walker Manufacturing Company, a cosmetics firm founded by Madam C.J. Walker.
		For my master's thesis, I researched Ransom Place Historic District between 1900 and 1920, when the population changed from an 86-percent white majority to a 96-percent fl majority.
	www.carolynbrady.com /ransomplace.html (358 words)

	Hampton Township & City of Essexville, Bay County, MI / Bay-Journal
		Historically, Hampton Township was first organized as a part of Saginaw and initially comprised the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
		The township was eventually reduced in size as new counties redefined its borders.
		The township's first supervisor was Sidney S. Campbell, elected on April 1, 1843 at the Globe Hotel located in Bay City at Water and 5th streets.
	bay-journal.com /bay/hamp-essex/index.html (393 words)

	Reynolds Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		FAMILY OF RANSOM REYNOLDS OF UPCOUNTRY, SC Ransom Reynolds appears in the 1860 Census of Union County, SC.
		Ransom was 45 in the 1860 census so he would have been born abt.
		Ransom also appears in the 1840 Census of Union County, SC.
	members.aol.com /adj61/page11.htm (497 words)

	Scranton Times Tribune / Census Reports
		The population in Pittston Township, Luzerne County, is growing and residents are planting permanent roots in the community, according to the U.S. census figures.
		Fell Township residents are traveling farther to work than they did a decade ago, while income and property values are on the rise as well, according to 2000 U.S. census figures.
		In Elmhurst Township, Lackawanna County, the population dipped slightly in the last decade, but the number of new homes built in the township skyrocketed, according to U.S. census figures.
	www.scrantontimestribune.com /projects/census (1984 words)

	Ransom township, Nobles County, Minnesota (MN) Detailed Profile
		Churches in Ransom township include: Lighthouse Alliance Church, Emmanuel Church.
		Cemeteries: Ransom Cemetery, Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery, Emmanuel Presbyterian Cemetery.
		77% of Ransom township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
	www.city-data.com /township/Ransom-Nobles-MN.html (126 words)

	Mifflin Township, Ohio - Fire Department
		The Township is comprised of 23.5 square miles, and has approximately 6,800 residents.
		Overwhelmed with a sense of helplessness when FF Pugh died (at the time the Township had to depend on a private ambulance service from a nearby town to provide EMS) members took it upon themselves to research, purchase, and equip our first rescue squad.
		It serves as a vehicle to be taken to natural water sources in the rural outskirts of the Township for water supply.
	www.cpmra.muohio.edu /townships/Mifflin/fire.htm (734 words)

	The Times-Tribune - Snapshot of Ransom Township
		FAMILY LIFE: Of the 1,155 residents age 15 and older, 61.2 percent are married, 22 percent have never been married, 8 percent are divorced, 7.7 percent are widowed and 1.1 percent are separated.
		The median monthly payment for the 76 rental units in the township is $488, and 44.7 percent of renters pay $300 to $500 per month.
		The ethnicities most represented in Ransom are German (23.2 percent), Irish (19.9 percent), Polish (19.2 percent), Italian (14.5 percent), Welsh (13.1 percent) and English (10.3 percent).
	www.thetimes-tribune.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=5091833&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416045&rfi=6 (569 words)

	Ransom Library About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Contact Us About Us The mission of the Charles A. Ransom District Library is to serve with integrity all residents of the district by providing literary and informational resources to support and enhance personal growth and the cultural life of the community.
		The Charles A. Ransom District Library was established in 1868 as the Ladies' Library Association.
		It was given its present name in 1917, after the Ransom home at 335 E. Bridge Street was given to the city for use as a library by Amanda Ransom, with the stipulation that it carry her late husband's name.
	www.ransomlibrary.org /aboutus.html (155 words)

	South Abington Township Police Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The South Abington Township Police Department is a full-time municipal police agency located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
		Situated on the northern border of the City of Scranton, the SATPD provides comprehensive police services to a population of over 10,000 residents, in addition to contracting police services to neighboring Clark's Green Borough, with a population of approximately 1600 persons.
		The mission of the SATPD is to enhance the quality of life in South Abington Township and in any other community to which we provide police services.
	www.satpd.com (288 words)

	PA DEP Northeast Regional Office - Second Quarter 2003 in Review
		The regional solid waste manager met with the township the day before to go over the justification to override municipal issues and to attempt to work out an agreement between the landfill and the township on two final issues.
		The township, borough and authority are acting under the terms of a consent order and agreement with the regional office to implement these improvements.
		Leachate flowed down the landfill's hauling road to a sedimentation basin, and out across a township road to another sedimentation basin that is owned by the landfill but not part of the permitted area.
	www.dep.state.pa.us /dep/deputate/fieldops/ne/news/2003/SecondQuarter2003inReview.htm (3577 words)

	Quick Facts
		the Susquehanna River in Ransom Township is the lowest elevation in the county.
		Springbrook Township is the largest municipality in terms of land in the County.
		In the northeastern corner of the county is the suburban population center including the city of Carbondale, southcentral Carbondale Township, eastern Fell Township, and the boroughs of Jermyn, Mayfield, and Vandling.
	www.lackawannacounty.org /viewFacts.aspx (1467 words)

	My Watson Family - Joseph Watson (c1825-c1852/60) and Sarah Jenkins (c1831) of NC (Onslow County)
		I had read the 1910 census for Reaves Township (which is where Mullins is) and found the Turner's, but not the Watson's, so it occurred to me they moved to Mullins after 1910 but before 1914, so that meant they were probably in NC in 1910 and earlier.
		Since Ransom Township bordered Brunswick County, I thought I'd check there, and I didn't find him there either, though there were several Watson families there, including some in Northwest Township, which bordered Ransom Township in Columbus County.
		I checked some records and found out that the area known as Ransom Township was part of Brunswick County prior to 1877, and in that year it was annexed to Columbus.
	www.martygrant.com /gen/watson/watson-gen.htm (1890 words)

	PennDOT Construction Projects for 2004
		Township to the intersection with PA Route 106 in Clifford Township
		State Route 2073 from intersection with PA Route 92 in Lenox Township to Union Hill in Gibson Township.
		State Route 3004 (Pond Rd), Salem Township and a section of Moon Rd, Sterling Township from the intersection with PA 690 to the Callapoose area.
	www.dot.state.pa.us /penndot/districts/district4.nsf/040519-10-spring-const-2004.htm (6062 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 76356538
		Fort Ransom: General Terry orders building of Fort; Major Grossman's Account of Fort; Prairie Fire, August 1887; Origin of Fort Ransom name; Report of Assistant Surgeon C. Munn; Indian Mail carriers frozen; Mail and freight from St. Cloud; High water and low water trails.
		Ransom County towns: Anselm dying; Little left of Buttzville; Elliott once a busy town; Englevale at one time a c mplete service town; Enderlin youngest town in county; R ilroad Division point; A town determined to improve; Fort R nsom, noted for scenic beauty; Mrs.
		A Ransom County Farmer recalls the depression: Russian thistle silage; Government seed and feed loans; Government cattle purchase program; Rust in 1935, then more drought; The road back from disaster.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy0602/76356538.html (697 words)

	Lackawanna River Watershed Conservation Plan - Municipal Watershed Planning Districts - Down Valley Communities
		Pittston Township may consider enhancements to its zoning, land development and subdivision plans to improve the management of small lot subdivisions, especially relative to slope, soil and drainage conditions.
		Ransom Township should include the protection of Campbells Ledge Run, Red Springs Run, St. Johns Creek and Keyser Creek and their tributary streams, and technical requirements for that protection, in their zoning, land use and subdivision ordinances and comprehensive plans.
		Ransom Township may consider enhancements to its zoning, land development and subdivision plans to improve the management of small lot subdivisions, especially relative to slope, soil and drainage conditions.
	www.lrca.org /pages/publications/conservationplan/pages/DownValleyCommunities.htm (4891 words)

	First Biennial Report, 1878, Reno County, Kansas
		Range 5 west, forty acres of wheat, of the Fultz variety, sowing from September 1 to 4, and harvesting June 7 to 10, the yield being 35 bushels to the acre.
		I harvested the crop in July, and got 88 bushels to the acre; it cost 46 per acre.
		Total indebtedness of county, township, city and school districts, $246,772.83; per cent.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1878/reno.shtml (1377 words)

	Description of the Geology of Lackawanna County Pennsylvania
		The country behind it, constituting Benton, Abington, Greenfield, Scott, Newton, and Ransom townships, is a wide and elevated anticlinal valley of Catskill formation No. IX, mostly drained north-westward by the Tunkhannock waters into the Susquehanna River in Wyoming County.
		Alternations of X and IX (300`) underlie it, beneath these 1231` of typical Catskill (IX) have been measured along the river down to the crown of the arch, near the west corner of Ransom township.
		The Lackawanna Coal basin holds only 307` of coal measures, with a total of 20` of coal, at its north-east end; 282` of measures, with 13` of coal, at Carbondale; 633` of measures with 67` of coal, at Scranton; and 816` of measures, with 85` of coal, further west.
	www.libraries.psu.edu /emsl/guides/X/lackawanna.htm (459 words)

	Historic Ransom Canyon
		Viewing Ransom Canyon as a community or place to live is not really new if you consider its previous
		Comancheros took the captives to Santa Fe, from where the captives were sold or ransomed back to their
		Probably the most controversial aspect of the Comancheros' operations was the ransoming of captives,
	www.ransomcanyon.com /history.htm (1653 words)

	Ransom Valley Cemetery
		An alphabetical listing and location of tombstones of the people buried in Ransom Valley Cemetery which is located next to the Ransom Valley Church, Ransom Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
		The land donated by John and Jacob Dorsheimer in 1846.
		Return to the Ransom and Newton Townships Genealogy Homepages
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Cottage/8200/ransomcem.html (276 words)

	Scranton Times Tribune - Supervisors laud police coverage
		The Ransom Township supervisors told South Abington Board of Supervisors at its meeting Monday night that the police protection the South Abington Police Department has provided since April has been a success.
		When the department is not patrolling, the township is covered by state police.
		Since February, South Abington has patrolled Newton Township for 10 hours per week and responded to emergencies when Newton’s lone officer was off-duty.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15283839&BRD=9114&PAG=461&dept_id=552253&rfi=6 (189 words)

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