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ship is strictly rural. There are no towns within its borders, and 
only two country stores. (See fig. 2.) These serve as markets for 
such produce as butter, eggs, and poultry. A few small towns (not 
railroad points) lie within close proximity to the township, and some 
of the farmers do part of their trading there. 
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. 
A secondary line of the B. & O. K. R. extending along the Muskin- 
gum River from Zanesville to Marietta and Parkersburg and reach- 
Fig. 2. 
-A representative church, schoolhouse, and country store. Palmer Township 
has three churches, seven schools, and two country stores. 
ing to within 4 miles of the area furnishes railroad facilities for 
the farmers in the northern part of Palmer Township. Each termi- 
nus of this line connects with main lines of the B. & O. system. 
Another railroad through the hill section from Marietta to Palos, 
thence connecting with other lines to Columbus, reaches to within 
5 miles of Palmei- Township, and had furnished shipping facilities 
to those farmers living in the southern part until it was abandoned 
in the fall of 1916. The central part of the township is about 
equidistant from each of these railroads. 
