LANESVILLE - This township was set off from Illiopolis in 1875 under the name of Wheatfield, which was subsequently changed to Lanesville. It comprises parts of government townships 15, 16 and 17 north, range 2 west, and is bounded on the east by Illiopolis, south by the Sangamon 'river', west by Mechanicsburg and Buffalo Hart and north by Logan county. Its main business point is Lanesville station, on the line of the Wabash railway. Being nearly all level prairie, this township was one of the last to be settled. Among the earlier settlers we find mention of Reuben Bullard, his sons, John and Wesley, Samuel Dickerson, Jesse A. Pickerall and others.

Population - 760