Sheridan Township History
Sheridan is bounded on the north by Liberty, and on
the east by Monroe township. On the south it joins the Caldwell
county line, and on the west Colfax township. In area of territory
it is a congressional township, and is designated as township
fifty-eight north, of range twenty-eight west. It has twenty-one
thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven and eighty-one
one-hundredths acres of land, nearly one half of which is timber,
and the remainder prairie. Sheridan township in the last ten years
has advanced but a trifle in population, in fact losing, when the
natural increase is considered.
The population in 1870 was 923, and only 967 in 1880, a gain of
forty-four in ten years. This will hardly do to brag on. The trouble
with both Sheridan and Monroe townships, is that there are too many
non-resident land-holders, and this, in fact, affects the whole
county, more or less. There has been but one valuation by townships
since the organization, and that was in 1877, when the assessment of
real estate was given at $144,282, and the personal property at
$54,410, making a total valuation of $198,692.
With the natural increase of land tinder cultivation and of stock,
by the present settlers, there has been nothing to give much greater
valuation to the township since that year, and at this time can be
safely estimated at $250,000. It is a well watered township for
stock purposes, and there are some very fine springs. Marrowbone
Creek and Dog Creek are the principal streams, the latter a branch
of Honey Creek, as is also the former, and the branches of these
creeks spread pretty well over the township. Certainly the
opportunities for profitable investment in the lands and productive
soil of Sheridan township are numerous enough and its citizens
should wake up to the spirit of an immigration movement.
The north and west portions of the township are the most thickly
settled parts, and there some of the finest and best improved farms
in the county can be found. This township has no villages within its
borders. The principal places of trade being Hamilton and Kidder on
the southern border of the township, and Gallatin, the county seat.
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