Viola
Viola was first settled by C. Wood Davis and his two sons, who located in May, 1870. Theirs was the first frame residence in all the valley of the Ninnescah. Charles D. Davis organized the township in 1876, so Viola is the centennial township of the county. S. W. and S. O. Sackett located in 1871, as did Capt. W. S. White (of the Wichita Beacon), his brother Norman, and their mother. Viola is abundantly watered by the Ninnescah, Clearwater and Sand Creek. It is splendidly adapted to stock raising, owing to its numerous streams, while the bottom lands produce every crop with profit. Nearly every quarter section has an orchard. Populaiton, 251; valuation of property, $109,542. (William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, Part 2, Township Sketches)
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