Then in 1855 another crew marked all the section corners in the township, walking through the woods and slogging through the swamps on foot, measuring with chain and compass.

[3][4] When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description: This Township contains several swamps and one in the SE corner of considerable extent.

The meadow and Alder bottoms are all subject to be overflowed to a depth of 1 to 2 feet and are good for Hay.

The surface is generally low and level a part is upland where the soil is 2d rate.

This township is heavily timbered and is chiefly {{sic}} composed of Hemlock and Y. Birch on low level land and on uplands Sugar, Linden W. Pine and Balsam.

[6] The 1911 plat map of the six mile square that would become Pershing shows the two railroads in place.

[7] By the 1913 plat map, a new road had appeared, following the course of modern County H to the north of M. Most of the land is still owned by lumber companies, but a few settlers' homes exist, mostly along the road that would become M, but also two along what would become H.[8] These were the start of the shift from logging to farming.

[6] In early August 1936 more than two thirds of Pershing was burned by wildfires, forcing fifteen families to flee their homes.

It now totals 7,900 acres - much of it wetlands enhanced with manmade flowages and small ponds dug into marshy areas - managed mainly for waterfowl and sharp-tailed grouse.

About 8.8% of families and 14.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 22.2% of those sixty-five or over.