The Kalamazoo Valley Family News Letter Vol. 2, No. 1         September 1972 Top of Page 44

FILLMORE TOWNSHIP

Showing part of CITY OF HOLLAND which is largely in Ottawa County Click on image to enlarge

1971 Officials Nicholas Prins, Supervisor John Tien, Clerk Verna Boeve, Treasurer FILLMORE TOWNSHIP. A minister arrived in 1841, later becoming a government missionary to the Indians. Other settlers followed in 1842, and Dutch settlers arrived in 1847. The township was set off from Manlius in 1849, and was named in honor of the then Vice President of the United States. Subsequently Overisel, was attached to Fillmore, but later was organized separately. A postoffice was established in 1873 at Fillmore Center. The Bee Line Road was under-brushed and fairly constructed in 1849. Effective August 2, 1958, a portion of the township was annexed to the city of Holland.

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