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The Kalamazoo Valley Family
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Vol. 2, No. 1         September 1972

Page 41

HOPKINS TOWNSHIP

SHOWING LOCATION OF VILLAGE
OF HOPKINS

Hopkins Township Map ( SHOWING LOCATION OF VILLAGE OF HOPKINS )
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    HOPKINS TOWNSHIP. First settlers arrived in 1838. The township was first a part of the township of Otsego; Dorr, Hopkins and Watson were separated in 1842 and organized under the name of Watson; later Dorr and Hopkins were organized under the name of Dorr, and in 1852 the board of supervisors ordered a separate township known as Hopkins. The first road was laid out in 1840 in Hopkins. The village was established about 1856, and incorporated in 1920. The hamlet of Hilliards, named for an early settler, was established in 1860.

 

Supervisor Clerk Treasurer
J. O. Round (1853) John Parsons (1853) Erastus Congdon (1853)
M. Var. Duzen (1854) Z. A. Pratt (1854) William Wheeler (1854)
J. O. Round (1855-6) J. M. Baldwin (1855-6) William Perkins (1855-6)
J. M. Baldwin (1857) E. H. Waite (1857) Stephen Carver (1857-8)
E. H. Wait (1858) W. H. Parmalee (1858-9) S. W. Mankin (1859-64)
Albert Lane (1859) Albert Lane (1860) E. H. Wait (1865-6)
W. H. Parmalee (1860) E. Parmalee (1861) R. A. Baird (1867-71)
Albert Lane (1861) O. H. Judd (1862) H. F. White (1872-8)
J. M. Baldwin (1862) E. Parmalee (1863) Albert Lane (1879)
R. A. Baird (1863) E. S. Lindsley (1864)  
J. M. Baldwin (1864) J. E. Hopper (1865) 1971 Officials
R. A. Baird (1865-6) George Holcomb (1866) Ed Marcinek, Supervisor
D. C. Ingerson (1867-9) W. R. Fox (1867-71) LaVern Lussenden, Clerk
S. Baldwin (1870) C. B. Eldred (1872-3) Velma Rankens, Treasurer
D. C. Ingerson (1871) N. H. Faulkner (1874) Trayton Lull, Trustee
J. O. Round (1872) C. C. Hodge (1875-79)  
D. C. Ingerson (1873)    
Joseph Hodge (1874)    
J. O. Round (1875)    
S. W. Mankin (1876)    
S. M. Eggleston (1877)    
A. Warrington (1878)

H. F. White (1879)    

A Woman stalled her car at a traffic light. She tried desperately to start the engine, while behind her an impatient man rudely honked his horn. Finally, the woman got out and walked back to the honker.
     "I'm sorry," she said to the man, "but I can't start my car. If you'll start it for me, I'll stay here and honk your horn.

 A boy sought a job in a drugstore.
     "Your name?" asked the druggist,
     "Patrick Henry."
     "That's a pretty well-known name, isn't it?"
     "It ought to be," the boy said, "I've been delivering groceries around this neighborhood for two years."


 

INDEX
Allegan City Douglas Village Just so you know Pioneer Society
Allegan County History Drinkwine Bible Record Kalamazoo Library Plainwell City
Allegan County Officials Early Marriages Laketown Township Presbyterians
Allegan Township Editorial Lee Township President Message
Allegan Vacations Family Names, and how they came about -"The Dutch" Leighton Township Salem Township
Allegan's Oldest Living Graduate Fennville City Library References Saugatuck Township
Biographical Historians Fillmore Township Manlius Township Saugatuck Village
Casco Township Ganges Township Martin Township Smile, you've been in Allegan County
Cheshire Township Gravestone of a Genealogist? Martin Village Source of the Quarter
Clyde Township Gun Plain Township Monterey Township Trowbridge Township
County Clerk's Letter Hamilton High School Band Photo News Clippings Valley Township
County Commissioners 1971 Heath Township Nostalgia Anyone Watson Township
Credits and Dedication Help!! Old Fashioned Wayland City
Daniel Like Record Hopkins Township Otsego City Wayland Township
Dann Family Hopkins Village Otsego Township  
Dorr Township Hyder Family History Overisel Township  
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