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535-03 Page 124culloden 'llnowrisville . GRAIN �� .....,.. ;,,,..._., DAIRY \� '� II PRODUCTS Y�Pnehzm CetrPne ✓he ✓omns�i� f TOBACCO �. ACAS ■ delrner Oslnzriode - rOCACCO FACTORY TOOL FACTORY SHOE FACTORY "Dereham's Old Church our grave attention calls The Gentle Cowper sleeps within its walls" -MANSON. 4� Township was called after the ancient tokni of Dereham in Norfolkshire, England. The name was applied to the Township before the counties of Oxford and Norfolk were separated. Earliest settler came in 1799. First lot sold by the Government was North Half of Lot 12, Con. 1. It was sold to Stilson Hackett, January 22, 1834, at 14 shillings per acre. Sutherland's Oxford Gazeteer published 1862-63 states: "A very extensive trade in lumber is carried on in this township in consequent@ of the great facilities of transportation afforded by the Otter Creek, which flows through it." Town of Tilisonburg is located in southeast part of the township. "After him who did the mills own" "This place was called in honor "Tillson." -JAMES MCINTYRE. �� • Township comprises-64,934 acres. Present population-3,327 (largest of the townships). Reeve-: Harry A. Little.�y\q Clerk: James D. Flanders. Council: Thomas E. Ri hem John W. Smith, LeRoy E. Curtis, Robert J. Kelly.