Williamsville, Cass County, Michigan
Porter Township is a civil township of Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,798 at the 2010 census. Communities * Union is an unincorporated community in the southeast part of the township on US 12 at Union Rd. It has a post office. *Williamsville is an unincorporated community in the northwest part of the township on Sears St. and Williamsville St. *Zimmysville is an unincorporated community on the southwest part of the township near M-217 History Cass County—particularly Calvin, Penn, and Porter townships—was settled by Quakers from Ohio and Indiana and free blacks beginning in 1829. They became a network of people who provided freedom seekers with food, shelter, and transportation along the Underground Railroad to sites in Canada, where slavery was illegal. Wright Modlin, also known as Wright Maudlin, settled in Williamsville in the 1840s. He was a scout, spy, and conductor on the Underground Railroad. He made trips down to the Ohio River ...
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Porter Township, Midland County, Michigan
Porter Township is a civil township of Midland County, Michigan, Midland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,270 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Geography The township is in southern Midland County, bordered to the south by Gratiot County, Michigan, Gratiot County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of of which are land and , or 0.57%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,270 people, 460 households, and 361 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 483 housing units at an average density of 13.5 per square mile (5.2/km). The racial makeup of the township was 97.40% White (U.S. Census), White, 0.16% African American (U.S. Census), African American, 0.24% Native American (U.S. Census), Native American, 0.08% Asian (U.S. Census), Asian, 0.63% from Race (United States Census), other races, and 1.50% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census), His ...
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