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Middlefork Township is located in Vermilion County, Illinois. The population was 1,404 at the 2000 census.
[edit] Geography
Middlefork Township covers an area of 63.73 square miles and contains the village of Potomac and the unincorporated town of Armstrong. According to the USGS, it contains six cemeteries: Ingersoll, Old Partlow, Partlow, Potomac, Potomac and Wallace Chapel.
[edit] History
Middlefork Township was one of the eight townships created in 1851 and included all the land that later became Butler and Ford Townships.
The first settlers in the township were Samuel Partlow and his wife and four sons, who arrived from Kentucky in 1829. A harsh winter caused the loss of all their cattle, and there was little game available for food; Samuel died that year and the family returned to Kentucky. However, the next year, they came back again.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Stapp, Katherine; W. I. Bowman (1968). History Under Our Feet: The Story of Vermilion County, Illinois. Danville, Illinois: Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc., p. 38.
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