"The original town of Flora, IL, was laid out, surveyed and platted in February 1854 by Ethelred Nixon, County Surveyor; John Brown, Trustee for Songer, Camp & Company; and Samuel White. It embraced eighty-five acres of the west half of Section 25, Township 3 north Range 6 east. Samuel White, who still owned the land, deeded one-half interest in forty acres to John Brown, Trustee, with a view of securing the town and depot."
Small town values: power, conveyancing, geometry, corporate profit.
