Lynn Township

Clark County
Townships

Lynn 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.

Lynn Township was created by an act of the county board on March 21, 1862 originally including Fremont and a part of Grant Township. On surveyor's field notes from the U. S. Government Survey, large numbers of basswood trees were shown in the area. Basswood trees were called Linden or Lynden trees by the surveyors, hence the name of Lynn.