Some hold it was named for a large spring where a blockhouse was to be built, while others believe it was named for a town in the East where the first settlers originated.

[7] The Joseph Shafer Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

[4] (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

The township contains five cemeteries: Asbury, Big Cedar Grove, Conn, James, Mount Carmel and Springfield.

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