tˈuː jˈɪɹz pɹˈaɪɚ, ɐ tˈaʊn hɐdbɪn lˈeɪd ˈaʊt, plˈæɾᵻd, ænd sɚvˈeɪd ɔnðə sˈeɪm sˈɛkʃən baɪ wˈɪljəm ˈɛm. ˈælən ænd ˈɛs. lˈɪn bˈeɪdlɚ.
Two years prior, a town had been laid out, platted, and surveyed on the same section by William M. Allen and S. Linn Beidler.