Stanton  (area) Montcalm County, Michigan

by Gerry Christiansen

Stanton is located in four townships: Day, Douglass,
Evergreen, Sidney, and is the county seat.

Cemeteries See Sidney Township Death Index Weekly Clipper 1880-1884 Churches Baptist Church Catholic Church Congregational Church Congregational Parsonage Methodist Church United Church Rev. Banen Rev. Burns Rev. Savage Schools Baseball Champs - 1918 Basketball - 1912-13 Football Team Football Team - 1931 Football Team - 1946 Frost School Green School High School 3rd Grade Class - 1910 High School - 1939 6th & 7th Grade 7th & 8th Grade

History Stanton - 1876 Wirick story - written 1935 Early Days - written 1935 Area Digging Potatoes Railroad - Building Republican Ad Stump pulling Tew Lumber Camp Winter Winter of 1936 Residents Bachman, Dr. Baldwin Family Home Bently Family Home Carothers Family Home Court Street Home Dasef Family Home Dowling, Fannie Fanning, Michael (home) French, Charles (home) Gardner Home Gavitt Family Hancock, Guy Hansen, Roger Hardy, Myrtle (home) Hempstead, Henry M. Hinds Family Home Hodges Family Jeppsen, Ruby Brand Kimble, Art Lilly Family Home Lucas Family Home Merle Gavitt - Vet Mill Street - 521 North McFadden, Daniel Moffatt, Rev. George Pakes Family Home Pierson, John W.S. (home) Pratt, Wm. B. (home) Reynolds Family Home Rice, Harvey - Home Smith, Hans & Katherine Sterling, Lew (home) Stevenson Family Home Tissue, Joseph Towle Family Home Turner, Wm. Voorheis, John N. (home) Wallace, Family Home Weatherwax, John (home) Wickes, Charles

County Seat Montcalm County Seat Montcalm County Sheriffs City Band - 1904 1863 View 1875 Directory Cadwells Elevator City Skating Pond Danforth Sanitarium Fire - 1913 Fire Dept. - 1904 Gardner Light Company Gavitt's Grocery Store Hotel Montcalm Main Street - Looking West Map - 1875 - N.W.    - 1875 - N.E.    - 1875 - S.W.    - 1875 - S.E.    - 1875 - East Part PM RR Station Red & White Store Road Commission Sidwalks - Installing Sledding - 1943 Stevens Opera House Stevens & Towle Stevenson Store Tire Store Theater - Ladies Train Leaving Stanton Turner Block View from the cemetery Waterworks WWII Memorial