Editing Anson, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The {{convert|6|x|6|mi|adj=on}} squares that became Anson were first surveyed in the fall of 1848 by crews working for the U.S. government. In August 1849, a crew marked all the [[Section (United States land surveying)|section corners]], walking the woods and wading the rivers on foot, measuring with [[Gunter's chain|chain]] and [[Solar compass|compass]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Land Survey Information|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SurveyNotes/SurveyInfo.html|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=March 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Field Notes for T29N R7W|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=PLSS&twp=T029NR007W|work=Original Field Notes and Plat Maps, 1833-1866|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=March 9, 2013}}</ref> When completed, the deputy surveyor filed this general description of the six by six square that contains southeastern Anson, but not the Chippewa river:
<blockquote>''In the Northern half of this Town, except a portion of the 5th and all of the west range of Sections, the Surface is flat and the Soil wet and poor. The Southern part generally level, and except in the vicinity of Streams, the Soil is dry and Sandy, as is also part of the 5th and 6th tiers of Sections. [[Yellow River (Chippewa River)|Yellow River]], which courses through the Southern tier of Sections, is the only Stream in the town upon which there are any [[Watermill|Mill]] Sites, on whose banks are calculated for Such purposes. The banks of the Small Streams are composed of Sand and generally low and the currents Sluggish. There is no [[Eastern White Pine|Pine]] timber worthy of note in this town. [[Larix laricina|Tamarack]] appears to be the prevailing kind, particularly in the North-eastern part. In the remaining portion of the town there are several varieties, viz: [[Populus tremuloides|Aspen]], [[Betula alleghaniensis|Birch]], [[Fraxinus|Ash]], [[Maple]], [[Elm]] and Small Pine.''<ref>{{cite web|last=Welsh|first=H. B.|title=Interior Field Notes (Aug. 1849)|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=article&byte=3490387&twp=T029NR007W|work=Land Survey Notes|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=2013-03-30}}</ref></blockquote>

For the surveyors' descriptions of the six by six squares that contain western and northern Anson, see [[Eagle Point, Wisconsin|Eagle Point]].