Document - Historical information/data - Organizing a New Township - 4/3/1860
C When the county first established townships on April 6, 1858, the area
of Eagan was included as part of Mendota. An attempt was made by the
County's governing body to organize a new township called Montgomery
on April 20, 1858, consisting of Sections 13 through 36 (the area of Eagan
south of present Yankee Doodle Road), but this concept was rejected at the
same meeting.
The designation of the Township of Eagan and the organization of its
government took place in 1860. A special law was passed in March of that
year by the state legislature which established the township, with the first
meeting for the election of town officials held on April 3, 1860, in the home
of Michael Comer (not "Conner", as his name was spelled in the law).
The results of this first election were as follows:
Board of Supervisors Patrick Eagan, Chairman
James Collar
Robert O'Neill
Town Clerk: Michael Comer
Town Treasurer: William Diffley
Assessor: Thomas Fannan
Constables: Patrick Mooney
Louis Sansoucey
Justices of the Peace: Michael Kirby
William Harper
Road Overseers: Patrick Eagan
Anthony Devitt
Michael Cain