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G-LK2-8 (stands, sharpened) — the township's ditching record: petitions, assessments, districts, the regulated-drain list, construction dates. Settler: St. Joseph County Surveyor / Drainage Board records. Proved meanwhile: drainage accomplished to a great extent by 1907 (Howard); one named channel at the town's north edge (Hoffman-Shidler / Shidler-Hoffman — the name-order conflict standing).
First crops; the wheat arc; the township's system. No carrier names the first crop of cleared Union Township ground, dates a wheat era for the county or township, or states the township's crop mix or livestock system in any period. Settlers: settler reminiscences, farm diaries, township agricultural reports; the printed census agriculture volumes, county tables 1850–1940; Howard's and Chapman's agriculture texts read whole.
The county series' soft points. The 2007 point and a first-hand 2012 table stand as leads, not verified series points; pre-1982 county points are unextracted. Settlers: USDA 2007 county profile / Table 1; USDA 2012 county data; the printed census volumes.
Muck, mint, truck — the township's share. County-proven, township-unproven. Settlers: a Web Soil Survey pull for the township; the published soil-survey sheets by section; county extension annual reports; Polk township listings read whole.
The dairy line beyond the directory. What the Producers Union Dairy Co. did in town — receiving station, cream shipping, office — no carrier reached says; no creamery, cheese factory or milk route stands in the township's carriers. Settlers: the Polk 1916–17 Lakeville entry at page strength; Indiana state dairy/creamery reports.
Mechanisation's dated counts. Tractor counts for 1920/1940/1959 and a verified 2022 machinery value are unreached (the sister file's 2022 machinery figure stands as an unverified lead). Settlers: the printed census volumes; USDA 2022 Table 1, St. Joseph column.
Institutions: a Union Township grange (name, number, hall) — settler: Indiana State Grange charter records. The Farm Bureau / county-agent 1911–1913 pair — settlers: the June 1953 Farm News page image (Michiana Memory); Purdue Extension's appointment record. The IDEM watershed plan's internal ditch and soil detail — its PDF was attempted once, returned empty, and was not retried; settler: the IDEM document record or the Marshall County SWCD's copy.
Township farmland today — acreage, operators, crops: no township-class agricultural carrier for the present day was found. Settlers: the 2011 plan's land-use maps read as maps; county parcel/GIS data; the township assessor; the USDA Cropland Data Layer.
The elevator's course; the franchise points; the war years. Kramer & Wolf's elevator stands named (1916–17) with no course, volume, or market in any carrier; franchise points for the 1920s–40s were tested negative in the carriers reached; the auto trade's war years 1942–45 stand untested at depth; Kloppenstein's garage — whether it sold cars, and its succession — is unstated; Garrett against Bailey stands open. Settlers: the Lakeville Standard run and advertising; the 1920s–1940s Polk gazetteers and South Bend city directories; railroad freight records.
The alcohol record's modern settler. The Indiana ATC permit database was not directly queried; the modern-era negative stands on the list carriers named there, with the direct query (Brewer 101, Distiller 201, Rectifier 202, Farm Winery 305) as its settler. Temperance action in the township stands negative at web-search strength; settlers: the County Commissioners' record; the Standard; Hoosier State Chronicles.