Saluda Township 1870

This description Saluda Township was not attributed to any one author.

Daily Courier Feb. 6, 1870

Seeing some statistics from Monroe Township in your papers. I thought something of the same kind might be acceptable from Saluda. I do not expect to do better than “Adz” has done, but will do as well as I can.

Saluda contains about 38 square miles, consisting of parts of Cong. Twp. 2 and 3 R 9 and 10. It contains two grist mills, two saw mills, 12 sorghum manufactories, eight has presses, three blacksmith shops, and quite a number of cooper shops. Also four stores, three of which sell liquor. Now for the Intellectual and religious statistics: Saluda has eleven schoolhouses, all frame; one of which is a model. Of the teachers who preside in these temples of learning, three are female and eight are males. Nine of these teachers are residents of the Township and one resident is teaching in Clarke county. Saluda has also a Teachers’ Institute which meets semimonthly and is well attended.

The number of schools in the township is 642, length of the school-term in 1869, 100 days; also the best Trustee in the county.

Saluda has four churches,; one Methodist; one Baptist; one free to all; and one Universalist. It has over three hundred voters, a majority of whom are Republicans.