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from WikipediaRead it all ↗Sunbury Township was named by William K. Brown after his former town in Pennsylvania. The township was organized April 6, 1858, by the election of J. O. Corey as supervisor; J. S. Cumming, clerk; T. F. Norton, assessor; A. S. Blakeslee, collector; Andrew Sprague, John Gower and R. C. Myer as commissioner of highways; Isaac Ames and A. J. Hopkins, constables. Only 19 votes were cast at the election.
The early settlers of Sunbury Township found mostly rolling prairie with little timber. Early settlement was primarily near Mud Creek in the southwest corner of the township.
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Nothing in Sunbury is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sunbury has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ransom Water Tower in Ransom, 6.4 miles away.
