SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
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COLLECTION SUMMARY Title: Alton Township records Dates: 1886-1974 (bulk 1904-1969) Creator: Alton Township board, Brookings County, S.D. Physical Description: 77 ledgers Collection number: MA 17 Language: Collection material in English. Repository: South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. Abstract: Collection is composed mainly of tax ledgers, but also includes registration, poll, and record books kept by the Alton Township Board and citizens of the township. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Provenance: This collected was donated to the archives by Tom Davis, Chairman, Alton Township in August 1998. Access Restrictions: This collection is open to research without restriction. Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only. Copyright Status: Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives. Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from this finding aid. It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003) Preferred Citation: [Identification of item]. Alton Township records, MA 17, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. Processing Information: This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on October 27, 1998 with revisions on July 7, 2008 (cjg). SELECTED SEARCH TERMS The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the subject guide. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. Subjects:
BACKGROUND NOTE The term "Township" has two meanings: (1) As a subdivision of land, which is known as Congressional or Government Township. (2) As a political unit which, is known as a Civil Political Township. The Civil Townships usually coincide with the Congressional Township but do not always do so. Each Congressional township has township number and a range number. Civil townships sometimes have more than one of each if the township is oversized, or a combination of more than one township and range. Theoretically, a township is a square tract of land with sides of six miles each, and containing 36 sections of land. Actually, this is not the case. When the original survey of this state was made by the government engineers, they knew that it was impossible to keep a true north and south direction of township lines, and still keep getting township squares of 36 square miles. As they surveyed toward the North Pole, they were constantly running out of land, because the township lines were converging toward the North Pole. The government surveyors adjusted for shortages of land by making fractional forties, eighties or government lots out of the land on the north side of a township to keep east and west lines running parallel. Alton Township is located in Brookings County. The township number is 110 N. and its range 48 W. It is located east of the city of Brookings and includes the city of Bushnell, South Dakota. SCOPE and CONTENTS NOTE This collection is composed mainly of tax ledgers, but also includes registration, poll, and record books kept by the Alton Township Board and citizens of the township. ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS The Alton Township Records consist of assessment ledgers generated by the Alton Township board and members from the late 1880's to the early 1970's. The ledgers contain real property assessments for taxation of citizens living in Alton Township. Also included are a poll book, registration book, treasurer's record, warrant registers, a township record book, an assessment book for Bushnell Town, and a register of electors. Material is arranged in chronological order.
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