Rooks County was established with four townships: Bow Creek, Lowell, Paradise and Stockton.

[6] Paradise Creek, labeled as Salt Creek on early maps, runs across Township 12 before flowing into the Saline River in Russell County.

[7] Paradise was one of the four original Rooks County civil townships along with Bow Creek, Lowell and Stockton.

The western border is the Graham County line, making Paradise 30 miles (five survey townships) wide.

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