#1Henry Smith Van Eaton
1826–1898U.S. Representative from Mississippi
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Henry Smith Van Eaton was born in 1826. Their birth falls in the early republic. 5 languages have an article about them. Next door, the list for Cincinnati holds 31, Steven Spielberg first.

#1U.S. Representative from Mississippi
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Be the first to say who Anderson Township’s most famous person is.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Anderson Township and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.