1870 HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF
DILLENBACK AND LEAVITT
KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN
TOWNSHIP |
ORGANIZED |
REMARKS |
ADA |
CA 1835 |
1ST SUPV-RIX ROBINSON |
ALGOMA |
1849 |
1ST SETTLER-SMITH LAPHAM; PART OF PLAINFIELD TWP. FIRST |
ALPINE |
1847 |
1ST SETTLER-1837, PART OF WALKER TWP. UNTIL 1847 |
BOWNE |
1848 |
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BYRON |
1836 |
|
CALEDONIA |
1840 |
|
CANNON |
1846 |
SEPARATED FROM PLAINFIELD TWP. IN 1846 |
CASCADE |
1848 |
|
COURTLAND |
1839 |
|
G. R. CITY |
1834 |
5 WDS - OWAHTENONG INDIANS; ORGANIZED AT TOWN MEETING |
G. R. VILLAGE |
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GAINES |
1839 |
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GRAND RAPIDS |
1834 |
REORGANIZED 1842 |
GRATTAN |
1846 |
|
LOWELL |
1848 |
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MAP OF MICH |
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NELSON |
1854 |
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OAKFIELD |
1849 |
ORIGINALLY PART OF COURTLAND TWP. |
PARIS |
1839 |
INCLUDED GAINES TWP AT FIRST |
PLAINFIELD |
1838 |
INCLUDED-ALGOMA, COURTLAND, CANNON TWPS. AT FIRST |
POP. TABLE |
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POSTOFFICE |
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ROCKFORD |
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SOLON |
1857 |
WAS ATTACHED TO ALGOMA TWP |
SPARTA |
1846 |
INCLUDED-TYRONE TWP AT FIRST |
SPENCER |
1861 |
ORIGINALLY CELSUS TWP., CHANGED FOR THOS. SPENCER, EARLY SETTLER |
TYRONE |
1855 |
WAS PART OF SPARTA TWP. |
VERGENNES |
1838 |
|
WALKER |
1838 |
ORGANIZED AT MISSION SCHOOL HOUSE |
WYOMING |
1848 |
Transcriber: Evelyn Sawyer
Created: 4 August 2004