The settlements in Douglass township, include Entrican, Westville, Point Richards and the north-west corner of Stanton. The county seat was originally called Fred after Mr. Fred Hall of Ionia from whom 40 acres of land was purchased for the town. The price of the purchase was $50.00. In 1863, the village was renamed after Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.

• Entrican was named for brothers George W. and Albert Entrican. They platted the town shortly after the Civil War.
• They were both soldiers in Company K, 21st MI Infantry.
• George was clerk of Douglass Township from1879-1880. Albert L. Entrican was the first postmaster in 1887.

• Point Richards was on the west side of Clifford Lake, named after James Will Richards. This later became the Clifford Lake summer resort. Clifford Lake was named for a Mr. Clifford who had settled nearby. ~Michigan Place Names
• Westville was named after Daniel West who platted out the town.
• Memories of a small Town by Agnes Comden 1973
• The Stanton Weekly Clipper index includes all mentions of death contained in that paper for the time frame of March 1880 through December of 1884. (transcribed by Judy Hardy)

Douglass Township Hall

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