Jamestown Charter Township
Jamestown Charter Township is a charter township of Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2021, the township had an estimated population of 9,923 people. Communities * Forest Grove – near Jamestown * Gitchel – the area settled by S.L. Gitchel had a post office from 1886 until 1902. * Jamestown – unincorporated community History Interest in Jamestown Township had its beginning when Grandville on the east and Holland on the west was being settled. Rix Robinson induced people of the east to come this way and the area was covered with a fine forest. Grandville was the central point of settlement and land offices were established there. In 1831 the land was surveyed and labeled as Township 5,Range 13 West. James Cronkright and his wife were the first settlers in the township. In 1843 they settled in Section 11 in where they built a 16 X 22 foot house. The closest neighbors were over four miles away and there were no roads. Bears, wolves, deer and other wild anim ...
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James Township, Michigan
James Township is a civil township of Saginaw County, Michigan, Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,023 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 Census. Communities * Swan Creek, Michigan, Swan Creek is an unincorporated community on the border with Swan Creek Township, Michigan, Swan Creek Township at Swan Creek and Van Wormer Roads.Saginaw County Map.
J. Shively. State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Geographic Information. September 2007. * A small portion of Shields, Michigan, Shields, a census-designated place, extends into James Township.
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