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

[6] Elm Creek flows through the southern part of Township 2 into South Fork Solomon River.

Farmington had been created a year earlier from Bow Creek and Lowell townships.

Lanark was named for Lanarkshire, Scotland, the birthplace of an early settler in the territory.

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