Township government offers more personal service, more attention to individual needs, and a better understanding of local problems than any other unit of government. It does this at less cost and with a minimum of red-tape because it is closest to those it serves

History :
Records scarcely exist of the early settlers of the Township because they came out here to make homes for themselves in the wilderness and were too busy doing their labor that they had little time to record their history.

This Township was originally known as Township 3, Range 18 of the United States Military Lands. On September 18, 1816, the county commissioners granted a petition to set off the original survey as a separate township. The Township was to be called the classic name of Virgil, but this was too much for the simple minded folk of those days and a petition was presented to the commissioners to change the name to Orange.

In 1824, David Patterson, Cyrus Chambers, Thomas McCloud and Nelson Skeels settled on the west bank of the creek. The Samuel Patterson's purchased a farm for $2.06 per acre on the east side of the creek and built here. Other family members also built on the land. They were originally built of hand-built bricks they made themselves. Sam's house was used in the chain of "underground railway stations" during the Civil War. Many notable families later chose to live here.