YOUNGSTOWN.

Youngstown is one mile south of the center of the township, at the corners of Sections 21, 22 and 27. The land was owned by W. 0. Kidder and others, and the survey of the town was made by T. S. McClanahan, deputy county surveyor, September 1 and 2, 1870. The original town contained a public square and five blocks. McKinley's addition of three blocks was laid out later on the southeast corner of Section. 28, adjoining the southwest corner of the public square of the original plat.

H. V. Simmons opened the first store in Youngstown. The building was destroyed by fire several years ago. The first house in the village was built by Adam Futhey, who drifted in with the railroad. It was made of scrap pieces of lumber, and still stands in the rear of the residence of H. P. McQueen, near the town hall. There are now two general stores in the town, a blacksmithing shop, two churches, and a grain elevator.

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