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/1MB.2ACI/1910.1 Message Board Post: Mineral Township is north of Joplin Twp where much of Joplin City is located and west of Marion Twp where Carthage is located. The main towns (post office addresses in the 1890 special Union veterans census)are Alba and Oronogo.