Shaws Point Township, Macoupin County IL
Shaws Point Township
Macoupin County, Illinois
T10N R6W
The population of Shaws Point Township in 1870 was 870.
Early Family Names In Shaw's
Point Township Taken From the 1875 Atlas
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Cemeteries in Shaw Point Township
The towns in Shaw Point Township are:
Illinois Place Names book:
Atwater est. 24 Feb 1881; rfd serves Schoper est 5 Mar 1920, disb. 28 Feb
1922
Hoping someone will come along and give me more information about Atwater.
Atwater is located in Section 11 of Shaws Point Township. Atwater was not
established until after 1875 and the Jacksonville Southeastern Railroad
line was built. The town is about three blocks by three blocks with quite
a few town lots in size. There was a post office in Atwater. Atwater still
exists as a small town. Before Atwater existed, post offices used by the
area's people were Zanesville and Litchfield in the cross the border county
of Montgomery. Zanesville post office was discontinued by 1881 and mail
for that community went to Atwater.
Atwater Yellow Pages and City Map
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