This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eh.2ADI/260.1.1.1 Message Board Post: We found the 1872 plat down in the state library in Springfield back in 1995 when we stopped there on a vacation trip. I don't remember if they had any eariler plats or not. They were very helpful as I remember so you might want to give them a try.