BUFFALO HART TOWNSHIP
SANGAMON COUNTY ILLINOIS
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HISTORY1904 History of Sangamon County

SURNAMES of Early Settlers:
BRIDGES; BURN; MOORE






BUFFALO HART - This is one of the smaller original townships, organized in 1861, and embraces the south half and four additional sections of government township 17 north, range 3 west. It lies, on the northeastern border of the county and was so named for Buffalo Hart grove, where the first white settlement was made. It is bounded on the west by Williams, south by Mechanicsburg, east by Lanesville and north by Logan county. The township is nearly all prairie and is watered by two small streams. The principal local trading point is Buffalo Hart village, on the Gilman, Clinton and Springfield division of the Illinois Central railroad. The first settlement in the bounds of this township was made in 1821 by William Bridges and Charles Moore, and they were followed in 1825 by Robert E. Burn, and wife.

In 1900 the population of the township was 579.


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