HISTORY OF Southeastern Dakota, Its Settlement and Growth, Sioux City Iowa: Western Publishing Company, 1881 transcribed by Karen Seeman     TOWNSHIP OF SIOUX FALLS.   The people of Minnehaha county decided by ballot, in 1880, to adopt the system of township organization and government provided by the general statutes. At the general election in that year the first Township Boards were elected, the persons chosen in the township of Sioux Falls (which includes the village for election purposes) were: H. R. Hunter, A. F. Davenport and K. Thompson, Supervisors; E. Currey, Clerk; G. B. Sammons, Treasurer; H. Callender, Assessor; L. D. Henry and F. S. Emerson, Justices of the Peace; H. Callenderand C. T. Jeffers, Constables. In July, 1881, F. Currey resigned his office as Clerk, and C. W. McDonald was appointed to fill the vacancy.     HOME ©2008 Genealogy Trails   Background courtesy of http://www.christiangraphics.org/