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| Hinton Township Hall Corner of 90th Ave. & 3 Mile Road No township offices are located there 231-972-7753 - Supervisor website |
| Multi Mag's Hinton Township Web Site |
HISTORY OF HINTON TOWNSHIPThis history is from the Mecosta County Portrait and Biographical Album by Chapman Brother, Chicago, 1883. This is Congressional Township 13 north, range 8 west, and is bounded on the north by Morton Township, on the east by Millbrook Township, on the south by Montcalm County and on the west by Deerfield Township. It is drained by Silver Creek (into which flows Decker Creek), in the south, which flow westward into the Little Muskegon, sometimes known as the South Fork of the Muskegon River. This stream itself flows in a southwesterly direction through the northwestern corner of the Township. There are two post-offices in Hinton. Altona on sections six and seven, and Sylvester on section ten. The township of Hinton was organized in January, 1860, and the first Supervisor was R. Van Dewater. The first white settler was John Hinton, who located on section fifteen, in June, 1855. The first birth was that of Margaret Kibbe, Aug. 15, 1857. The first death was that of Phoebe Hinton, Feb. 18, 1860. The first marriage was that of John Hinton and Mariette Rockwood, solemnized by Leonard Aldrich, Justice of the Peace, May 26, 1860. Another report says that Samuel W. Rose and Ann Hinton were the first couple married. The first frame building was a barn, 30 x 50 feet, erected by John Hinton, in the summer of 1856. The first mills were a saw-mill, built by William Seaton and Bartley Davis, and a flouring mill, built by Harrison J. Brown, in the summer of 1868. Both are water power mills, located on the Little Muskegon, where the village of Altona was afterward platted. The first school-house was a log building, erected on section 21, in 1861. The first school was taught by Rachel Whitzell, in the summer of 1861. Others say that Lydia Allen taught the first school, in the spring of 1861. One report says that Harrison J. Brown opened the first store in 1868; another says that David Fowler opened the first at Sylvester. The first post-office in Hinton Township was Hinton, established in 1862. In 1860, the year of the organization of the township, the population was 153; in 1864 it was 167; in 1870 it was 390; in 1874 it was 638 and in 1880 it was 986. In 1878 the township was reported to have 3,799 acres of improved land; in 1881 only 2,971 acres were reported. This apparent decrease was due merely to a change in Supervisors, and consequently no standard of classification. Hinton's equalized valuation at the time of organization was $70,194.38, and its present valuation is $302,298. Its total vote in November, 1882, was 189. |
| Hinton News Briefs |
| Sylvester-Pioneer Newspaper 1980 |
| Hinton Township Mecosta County GenWeb |
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