Town of LafayetteTownship MapsTownship Cemeteries The town of Lafayette, at first included in Spring Prairie, was set off March 21, 1843. It is town 3 north, range 17 east, less section 31, set off in 1846 to form the town of Elkhorn. Beginning on its north line, and following the direction of the sun, it is bounded by Troy, Spring Prairie, Geneva and Elkhorn, and Elkhorn and Sugar Creek. Sugar creek crosses from west to east a little north of the middle line of the town, and affords a small amount of mill power. In earlier years, it was well wooded with the several varieties of oak, and at points along the creek with sugar maples, from which the Indian occupants of the county hunting ground derived a noteworthy supply of crudely made sugar. Before the establishment of rural free delivery, there was a post office at Bowers, near the junction of two highways from Spring Prairie to Elkhorn, east side of section 26. In earlier times this office was a few rods distant and was named Grove. There was also an office at Fayetteville (which railway men persistently call "Peck's Station"). Isiah Hamblin and family led the immigration to Lafayette in June 1836. He settled on section 25 and built his cabin immediately. Within the year Solomon A Dwinnell, Elias Hicks, Alpheus Johnson, Charles Cauncey Perrin and Isaac Vant followed. Other early followers include: Nathaniel Bell, William Bohall, Alexander H Bunnell, Morris Cain, Harvey M Curtiss, George W. Dwinnell, David S. Eltin, Thomas Emerson, Daniel McDounogh and Samuel Harkness, Riley Harrington, Daniel Hartwell, Charles Heath, Mason A. Hicks, Henry Johnson, Dr. Jesse C. Mills, Anthony Noblet, Emery Singletery, Duer Y. Smith, Sylvester G. Smith, Daniel Kingsley Stearns, David Tower Vaughn, John Wadsworth, Stephen Gano West and Jesse Pike West. In 1884, there were seven school districts. A church in section 10 at the Bishop farm, its service usually supplied from the Congregational church at East Troy, and near it is a well kept burial ground laid out in 1848. There are also graves at "Westville" in section 6 and at the Seymour farm in section 18, laid out in 1844.
Township Map circa 1900 Township Map circa 1907 Copyright 2013 Walworth County Genealogical Society
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