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Randolph Township is an interior eastern township, bounded on the north by
Richmond, on the east by Steuben and Troy, on the south by Wayne and on the west
by Mead. It was organized in 1824 from Mead, Rockdale and Oil Creek, and its
original limits included the western part of' the Seventh Donation District, land
which now comprises the northern half of Randolph, the greater part of Richmond
and the western part of Troy, Steuben and Athens. The township was changed to its
present outlines in 1829.
The township took its name from Edward, Robertand Taylor Fitz Randolph, who were
Revolutionary War soldiers. They settled in the area in 1789.
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