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Feb 1833 - Townships (3):
Grand River Township
Sugar Tree Bottom Township
Wakenda Township
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Apr 1833: Territory to the North Line of the State was attached to Carroll County and called Shoal Creek Township making a fourth Township.
Townships (4):
Grand River Township
Shoal Creek Township
Sugar Tree Bottom Township
Wakenda Township
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Jul 1834: Shoal Creek Township divided into smaller Townships, first one being Medicine Creek Township.
Townships (5):
Grand River Township
Medicine Creek Township
Shoal Creek Township
Sugar Tree Bottom Township
Wakenda Township
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May 1836: Shoal Creek Township further divided into East Fork Township and Indian Creek Township.
Townships (8):
East Fork Township
Grand River Township
Indian Creek Township
Medicine Creek Township
Shoal Creek Township
Sugar Tree Bottom Township
Wakenda Township
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Feb 1841: Grand River Township divided adding Hurricane Township.
Townships (9):
East Fork Township
Grand River Township
Hurricane Township
Indian Creek Township
Medicine Creek Township
Shoal Creek Township
Sugar Tree Bottom Township
Wakenda Township
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Feb 1842: Wakenda Township was divided adding Morris Township.
Townships (10):
East Fork Township
Grand River Township
Hurricane Township
Indian Creek Township
Medicine Creek Township
Morris Township
Shoal Creek Township
Sugar Tree Bottom Township
Wakenda Township
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Dec 1870: Morris Township was divided adding Bogard Township.
Townships (11):
Bogard Township
East Fork Township
Grand River Township
Hurricane Township
Indian Creek Township
Medicine Creek Township
Morris Township
Shoal Creek Township
Sugar Tree Bottom Township
Wakenda Township
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Jun 1871: Beatty and Hill's Landing Townships were added.
Townships (13):
Beatty Township
Bogard Township
East Fork Township
Grand River Township
Hill's Landing Township
Hurricane Township
Indian Creek Township
Medicine Creek Township
Morris Township
Shoal Creek Township
Sugar Tree Bottom Township
Wakenda Township
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May 1872: Election held to provide for the organization of counties into municipal townships. This having passed, In July 1872 an election was held for the Supervisors for each Township. Twenty-five Supervisors were elected but at the next meeting fractional pieces were combined and the following 23 Townships were established:
Carrollton Township 53-23
Cherry Valley Township 51-25
Combs Township 53-22
Compton Township 55-21
DeWitt Township 53-21
Eugene Township 52-22
Egypt Township 52-25
Fairfield Township 54-25
Hill Township 55-24
Hurricane Township 55-22
Leslie Township 54-24
Miami Township 52-21
Moss Creek Township 52-24
Prairie Township 53-25
Ridge Township 54-22
Rockford Township 54-21
Smith Township 53-20
Stokes Mound Township 55-23
Sugar Tree Township 51-23 and 51-24
Trotter Township 53-24
Van Horn Township 54-23
Wakenda Township 52-23
Washington Township 55-25
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Aug 1877: County was divided into nine (9) municipal townships containing congressional townships as follows:
Grand River Township containing 52-51, 53-20 and 53-21.
Rea Township containing 51-22, 52-22, and 53-22.
Carrollton Township containing 51-23, 52-23, and 53-23.
Beaty Township containing 51-24, 52-24, and 53-24.
Norborne Township containing 51-25, 52-25, and 53-25.
Bates Township containing 54-25 and 55-25.
Morris Township containing 54-24 and 55-24.
Bogart Township containing 54-23 and 55-23.
Wood Township containing 54-22, 55-22, 54-21, and 55-21.
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Apr 1881: Following an election in Nov 1880, the Townships were re-established as they had been established in July 1872 (above). An election was held again in Oct 1882 regarding this and it passed again. (23 Townships)
Carrollton Township 53-23
Cherry Valley Township 51-25
Combs Township 53-22
Compton Township 55-21
DeWitt Township 53-21
Eugene Township 52-22
Egypt Township 52-25
Fairfield Township 54-25
Hill Township 55-24
Hurricane Township 55-22
Leslie Township 54-24
Miami Township 52-21
Moss Creek Township 52-24
Prairie Township 53-25
Ridge Township 54-22
Rockford Township 54-21
Smith Township 53-20
Stokes Mound Township 55-23
Sugar Tree Township 51-23 and 51-24
Trotter Township 53-24
Van Horn Township 54-23
Wakenda Township 52-23
Washington Township 55-25
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Feb 1887: By petition, Compton Township was annexed to Hurricane Township. (22 Townships)
Carrollton Township 53-23
Cherry Valley Township 51-25
Combs Township 53-22
DeWitt Township 53-21
Eugene Township 52-22
Egypt Township 52-25
Fairfield Township 54-25
Hill Township 55-24
Hurricane Township 55-22, 55-21
Leslie Township 54-24
Miami Township 52-21
Moss Creek Township 52-24
Prairie Township 53-25
Ridge Township 54-22
Rockford Township 54-21
Smith Township 53-20
Stokes Mound Township 55-23
Sugar Tree Township 51-23 and 51-24
Trotter Township 53-24
Van Horn Township 54-23
Wakenda Township 52-23
Washington Township 55-25
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Apr 1906: The County Court found "that township organization does not now and never has existed in a legal sense in Carroll County" and proceeded to meet the requirements of the occasion by dividing the county once more into convenient townships. This was done by dividing the county into the same districts and giving each congressional township the name then used. (22 Townships)
Carrollton Township 53-23
Cherry Valley Township 51-25
Combs Township 53-22
DeWitt Township 53-21
Eugene Township 52-22
Egypt Township 52-25
Fairfield Township 54-25
Hill Township 55-24
Hurricane Township 55-22, 55-21
Leslie Township 54-24
Miami Township 52-21
Moss Creek Township 52-24
Prairie Township 53-25
Ridge Township 54-22
Rockford Township 54-21
Smith Township 53-20
Stokes Mound Township 55-23
Sugar Tree Township 51-23 and 51-24
Trotter Township 53-24
Van Horn Township 54-23
Wakenda Township 52-23
Washington Township 55-25
