Tripp County, South Dakota
Townships
Bull Creek Township
A petition signed by a majority of the legal voters of Township 100, Range 74, west of the 5th p m having been filed with the county auditor and presented to the board requesting that the township be organized into a civil organized township, the said township is hereby organized under the name of Bull Creek and the following named persons are hereby named supervisors to act until their successors are elected and qualified according to law:
Theodore Eagle, Chairman;
George W. Russel and Frank Daughters.
Motion Carried
[Tripp County Journal, Thursday, May 16, 1918, submitted by RM, Tripp County Historical Society]
Dog Ear Township
Dog Ear Township Organized
A legal petition having been presented this board by the residents and freeholders of the township of 97-77 petitioning the board to organize the said township into a civil organized township, the said township of 97-77 is hereby organized under the name of Dog Ear, and the following persons are hereby named as supervisors to act until their successors are elected and qualified according to law:
Fred Grosham,
W. G. Taylor,
Chas. Vogt.
Carried.
[Tripp County Journal, published September 18, 1914, Commissioners Proceedings; submitted by RM, Tripp County Historical Society, trans. by CD]
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Dog Ear Township Supervisers Named
Lone Star Township Township
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Lone Star Township, October 10, 1918
Lone Star Township, October 24, 1918
Pahapesto Township
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Pahapesto Twp Articles - Jan 10, 1924
Chivers, Nellie
Owen, Anna Kositsky
Pleasant Valley Township
In the 1915 plat book it was unlabeled, but on the 1918 map it is listed as Mills. Charles D. Mills homesteaded a relinquishment in this township. Maggie Mills, wife of C. D. Mills, in 1959 wrote: Mr. Isaac Bettleyoun was the first county commissioner from Northeast Tripp County. He named the community, "Mills Township" in honor of my husband, C. D. Mills. The townships' name was later changed to "Pleasant Valley Township."
[Submitted by RM, Tripp County Historical Society]
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Pleasant Valley News - Jan 10, 1924
Wortman Township
Wortman Township was named for John Wortman of Donithan, Nebr. a former homesteader.
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John Wortman
John Wortman Land Record
Wright Township
Wright Township Organized
A legal petition having been presented this board by the residents and freeholders of the township 97-79 petitioning the board to organize the said township into a civil organized township, the said township of 97-79 is hereby organized under the name of Wright, and the following named persons are hereby named as supervisors to act until their successors are elected and qualified according to law:
Matt Morgan,
R. J. Waterbury,
I. B. Sloss.
Carried.
[Tripp County Journal, published on September 18, 1914, Commissioners Proceedings; submitted by RM, Tripp County Historical Society, trans. by CD]
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