Green Grove Township

Clark County
Townships

Green Grove Township

written and contributed by Kay Scholtz <scholtz@tznet.com>

Note: There are presently 33 townships in Clark County.
Thirty-two townships are of standard size each covering six square miles.
The Township of Foster includes two 6 square mile areas.

After a 7-year period, the county board acted again on November 18, 1886, to create the township of Green Grove. The first town meeting was held in April of 1887 at the Green Grove Post Office. Green Grove took its name from the post office that already existed in the northern part of the township prior to the town's creation. The name of the Post Office was given by settlers who gathered at William Zassenhaus' house, which had a grove of green trees nearby.