"The average price [per acre] of land in the several townships of the county as returned by the assessors, is as follows: Liberty, $2.86; Painterhood, $1.93; Paw Paw, $2.13; Howard $2.67; Union Center $2.31; Greenfield $2.77; Wild Cat, $1.36; Longton, $3.19; Elk Falls, $2.70." [Oak Valley Township did not exist at the time]
"There is 418,080 acres of land in Elk county. Of this 183,186 acres are taxable, (deeded); an increase of deeded land in two years, of 8,898 acres. Still, more than one half of the land in the county belongs to the government." [available at $1.25 per acre]
Howard Weekly Examiner, June 7, 1878.
Now that is something. The price of land in 1878 is kind of close to what the property taxes are in 2011.
Very interesting fact though. Thanks.