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York Township Land Ownership in the 1870s

The survey map of York Township is arranged in 36 sections, each approximately a square mile.  The numbering of  the township's sections is arranged like this:

Click on a section below to get a larger view of that section.  To give us some reference points:

• York Road would run along the edge between sections 1 and 2, sections 11 and 12, section 13 and 14 and on south.
• Elmhurst College can be seen in section 2.
• Saint Charles Road crosses near the top (north end) of section 12.
• North Avenue runs the northern boundary of York Township.
• Old Lombard is rather obvious in sections 5, 6, 7 and 8.
• Odgen Avenue would just section 36 in the lower right corner before angling south, completely off the map.

According to the notations on the survey map, York Township had at the time of the survey:

• 187 acres of wheat
• 2629 acres of corn
• 4604 acres of oats
• 676 acres of other produce
• 569 horses
• 1669 heads of cattle
• 5 mules and asses
• 425 sheep
• 869 hogs

The total value of the domesticated animals was $63,363.

To see Proviso Township maps click Proviso Township Maps.

The primary source of this information is:

"Cobbs Directory - Pre 1900 Maps Springfield Historical Society", Proviso Township Library", 1898

Last Modified:  12/30/2002