From the proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners of Foster County, November 5, 1919. A petition was received, signed by B.R. Purcell and 23 other, legal voters of Congressional Township No. *145‑67 asking that said Congressional Township be organized into a civil township.
The first township meeting was held on November 22, 1919. Appointed to the respective offices were:
Supervisors, C.G. Albus, H. O'Neil, B.O. Purcell
treasurer, Frank Trullinger. This was in June 1920.
Elected the following March were: Fred Pepple, Chairman
Clerk, Christian Pepple
treasurer, L.J. Kriewald
Assessor, Frank Albus
Supervisors, B.R. Purcell and H.E. O'Neil.
The township hall is located on Southwest 23.
1982 officers are: Clerk, Theodore Taylor
treasurer, Raymond Klein
Assessor, Math Wetzstein
Supervisors, Virgil Hennings, Daniel Gross, and Marvin Hallwachs.
The population in 1890 was 102; 1900, 119
and 1910, 156. In 1900 there were 23 open quarters.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 320