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In 1864, Charles Sanford of Madison County, New York, purchased 213 acres (0.86 km 2) of land where the village is now located, along with 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) of pine land. The site was first known as the "Salt-Spring Reserve", and was the location of the first salt well in the state.
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Sandford was established in 1854 at the state line between Illinois and Indiana. With the building of the Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad, it became an important town in the area. In 1890 it had a population of approximately 250. [4] A post office was established at Sandford in 1855, and remained in operation until 1995. [5]
The largest county is Allen (657 sq. mi., 1,702 km 2) and the smallest is Ohio (86 sq. mi., 223 km 2). [3] According to the Constitution of Indiana , no county may be created of less than 400 square miles (1,000 km 2 ), nor may any county smaller than this be further reduced in size, which precludes any new counties.
The village of Sanford is in the eastern part of the township. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92 km 2 ), of which 32.6 square miles (84 km 2 ) are land and 3.0 square miles (7.8 km 2 ), or 8.52%, are water. [ 1 ]
Total area is 36,419.55 square miles (94,326.2 km 2), making Indiana the 38th largest in size out of the 50 states. [1]Lake Michigan is the largest body of water wholly or partially within the state borders.
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M-30 was completely paved as the last 15 miles (24 km) of gravel roadway were completed between Sanford and the Midland–Saginaw county line in 1961. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The next year, when M-30 was truncated to end at the US 10 freeway in Sanford, the remaining portion south of US 10 was turned over to county control.