Dustin, The boundaries are laid out by geographical features such as streams and rivers. I believe they were to encompass a geographical area with a certain number of folks in them. The communities lay as follows today; 1 *Medina,Sitka,Goat City 2 (district between Humboldt and Medina) 3 *Humboldt 4 Gibson Wells 5 Brazil 6 Central, Eaton 7 *Trenton, New Hope, Georgetown 8 *Yorkville, Neboville 9 *Rutherford 10 *Kenton 11 Laneview, Barrons Corner 12 Concorde, Moores Chapel, Vaughns Grove 13 *Milan, Cades, Graball, Sitka 14 *Bradford 15 Whiteway 16 Hickory Grove 17 Skullbone 18 *Gibson, New Enterprise 19 Walnut Grove 20 Edison, Fruitland 21 *Dyer 22 Idlewild 23 Goodluck, China Grove 24 Cool Springs 25 Frog Jump an * indicates an incorporated city As far as I can tell there are no maps at the courthouse that show the old civil districts. Milton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See my WEBB line at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mwebb/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Dustin Simmons <simmonsd@iswt.com> To: <mwebb@iswt.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 12:06 AM Subject: Re: An Explanation of the Civil Districts > I read your explanation at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson/districts.htm, > and I was wondering, where do the Civil Districts stand now? I was looking > for townships and districts in a geographical database and only found the > following names in Gibson County: > > Bradford > Brazil-Gibson Wells > China Grove > Dyer > Gibson > Humboldt > Medina > Milan > Rutherford > Trenton North > Trenton South > Yorkville > > Am I confused or is this a list of something else? My original intent was > to find out where our townships were and what purpose they served since no > one down here in the South seems to know what they are, and that's where I > came across the list above, but I haven't found any boundaries for them. I > am stopping by the county courthouse in the morning to find maps. Thanx in > advance for any help! > > Dustin Simmons - J-Car Historian > http://members.xoom.com/cavawagon > 1987 Cavalier RS convertible > 1990 Cavalier Z24 sport coupe > 1992 Cavalier RS wagon "Polar Bear" > >