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Independence Township

Independence Township, when originally surveyed, was known as Township 6 in Range 12 of the Connecticut New Western Reserve. The governmental body was formed in 1814. What was the township contains Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga Heights, Garfield Heights, Independence, Valley View, and the last, Seven Hills. (Information from Wikipedia)

• Independence Township History from History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio by Crisfield Johnson, 1879 –
  https://archive.org/details/cu31924010461790/page/460/mode/2up
  
  
• Independence Township Images from History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio by Crisfield Johnson, 1879 (offsite at Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS) -
  https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohcwogs/county.htm
  
  
• Independence Township History from A History of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland by William R. Coates, 1924 -
  https://archive.org/details/historyofcuyahog01coat_0/page/88/mode/2up
  
  
• Transcrips of most of the above are here.
  
  

  Independence Township – (NOTE: Independence Township is not mentioned in Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve by Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, Under the Auspices of The Executive Committee of the Woman’s Department of the Cleveland Centennial Commission, 1896.)