Township Beginnings
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has been posted in the Arkansas Room.
The original copy of this information was not credited but is said to have been photocopied from a book in the Jonesboro library. The list includes townships that are now part of Craighead or Clay County, although the fact is not noted |
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Big Creek - Created in 1840 . Annexed to Craighead County in 1859. Black River - Created in 1869 from part of Bradshaw Twp. Annexed to Clay County in 1873. Blue Cane - Created between 1870- 80 from part of Concord . Part annexed to Clay County in 1895 , and part to Reynolds between 1910 -20. Bradshaw - Created in 1845 . Part to Black River in 1869 and annexed to Clay County in 1873. Breckenridge - Created in 1900 from parts of Hurricane and Union Twsp's. Part to Hopewell between 1910 - 20. Bryan - Created between 1890 - 1900 from parts of Cache and Crowley Twsp's. Cache - Created before 1836 , not in 1850 census. Part to Bryan between 1890 - 1900. Part to Sugar Creek 1910 - 20. Chalk Bluff - Created in 1842 . Disappears after 1870 . Clark - Created in 1862 . Part to Spring Grove between 1890-1900. Collier - Created between 1910- 20 from part of St. Francis. Concord - Created in 1840 . Part to Blue Cane between 1870 - 80. Annexed to Clay County in 1873 ( ?) Crowley - Created between 1880 - 90. Part to Bryan between 1890 - 190 and part to Evening Shade 1910 - 20. Evening Shade - Created between 1910 - 20 from parts of Crowley and Jones . Friendship - Created between 1860 - 70 . Hays - Created between 1910 - 20 from parts of Lake and Main Shore. Hopewell - Created from parts of Breckenridge and Hurricane between 1910 - 20. Hurricane - Created between 1860 - 70. Part to Breckenridge in 1900 . Part to Hopewell and Reynolds between 1910 - 20 . Johnson - Created between 1860 - 70. Annexed to Clay County in 1873 . Jones - Annexed from Randolph Co. in 1873 . Part to Evening Shade between 1910- 20. Lake - Created between 1880 - 90. Part to Hays between 1910 - 20. Main Shore - Created between 1880 - 90. Part to Hays between 1910 - 20. Poland - Created in 1873 from parts of St. Francis and Salem Twsp's. Part to Spring Grove between 1890- 1900. Powell - Created in 1844. Annexed to Craighead County in 1859. Reynolds - Created between 1910 - 20 from parts of Blue Cane , Hurricane and Lake Twsp's. St. Francis - (Saint Francis ) Created in 1846 . Part to Poland in 1873 . Part to Spring Grove between 1890 - 1900 and part to Collier between 1910 - 20. Salem - Created in 1859 . Part to Poland in 1873 , and part to Shady Grove between 1890 - 1900. Shady Grove - Created between 1890 - 1900 from part of Salem . Spring Grove - Created between 1890 - 1900 from parts of clark , Poland and St. Francis Twsp's. Sugar Creek - Created between 1910 - 20 from part of Cache Twsp. Union - Created before 1836 . Not returned in 1900. |