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Chester Township, Ottawa County, Michigan
Chester Township is a civil township of Ottawa County, Michigan, Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 United States Census, the township population was 2,096. Communities There are no incorporated municipalities within the township. There are a few unincorporated communities and homeowners associations: *Conklin, in the southwest part of the township at was a station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, with its post office first opening in June 1887 and continues to service most of the township with ZIP code 49403. *Crockery Lake, a homeowners' association on Crockery Lake near the center of the township. *Harrisburg, on the north branch of Crockery Creek in the northwest of the township at , was a station on the Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway, with a post office operating from December 1888 until February 1907. *Gooding, on the eastern boundary with Sparta Township, Michigan, Sparta Township in Kent County, was a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Township, Eaton County, Michigan
Chester Township is a civil township of Eaton County, Michigan, Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,769 at the 2020 United States census. History Chester Township was organized in 1839. Communities * Chester is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in the southern part of the township at . * Gresham is an unincorporated community near the center of the township at , southwest of M-50 (Michigan highway), M-50 (Clinton Trail) near the intersection of Gresham Hwy. and Mulliken Rd. It was established in 1883. * Needmore is an unincorporated community in the northeast corner of the township, along the boundary with Roxand Township, Michigan, Roxand Township at near the intersection of Needmore Hwy and Wheaton Rd. * Stalls Corner is a small community 5 miles (8 km) NW of Charlotte. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, US Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and 0.03% is water. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, economy. The U.S. Census Bureau is part of the United States Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce and its Director of the United States Census Bureau, director is appointed by the president of the United States. Currently, Ron S. Jarmin is the acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau's primary mission is conducting the United States census, U.S. census every ten years, which allocates the seats of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives to the U.S. state, states based on their population. The bureau's various censuses and surveys help allocate over $675 billion in federal funds every year and it assists states, local communities, and businesses in making informed decisions. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coopersville, Michigan
Coopersville is a city located in north central Ottawa County, Michigan, Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,828 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is primarily a farming community. The city is located within Polkton Township, Michigan, Polkton Township, though it is administratively autonomous. It lies just north of Interstate 96 along the eastern township boundary, adjacent to Wright Township, Ottawa County, Michigan, Wright Township on the east. There are two Highway exit, exits on I-96, one at the southeast corner of the city and the other at the southwest corner. The city has a post office and a public library. Coopersville served as the primary filming location for the 2012 football film ''Touchback (film), Touchback''. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Over 50% of the land within the city limits is committed to agriculture. Demographics 2020 census As of the ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 96
Interstate 96 (I-96) is an east–west Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway that runs for approximately entirely within the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is at an interchange with U.S. Route 31 in Michigan, US Highway 31 (US 31) and U.S. Route 31 Business (Muskegon, Michigan), Business US 31 (Bus. US 31) on the eastern boundary of Norton Shores, Michigan, Norton Shores southeast of Muskegon, Michigan, Muskegon, and the eastern terminus is at Interstate 75 in Michigan, I-75 near the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit. From Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids through Lansing, Michigan, Lansing to Detroit, the freeway parallels Grand River Avenue, never straying more than a few miles from the decommissioned U.S. Route 16 in Michigan, US 16. The Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County section of I-96 is named the Jeffries Freeway from its eastern terminus to the junction with Interstate 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wright Township, Ottawa County, Michigan
Wright Township is a civil township of Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,190 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.39%, is water. I-96 passes through the southern part of the township with an exit about one mile east of Marne at junction with M-11, another at Marne, and another at the eastern edge of Coopersville. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 3,286 people, 1,037 households, and 826 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,082 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 95.53% White, 0.27% African American, 0.61% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 2.59% from other races, and 0.85% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.29% of the population. There were 1,037 households, out of which 38.9% had children under the age of 18 livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polkton Township, Michigan
Polkton Charter Township is a charter township of Ottawa County, Michigan, Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,565 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It was organized in 1845. Communities *Dennison was the name of a post office in the township starting in 1866. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.06%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,335 people, 759 households, and 630 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 783 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.33% White (U.S. Census), White, 0.13% Native American (U.S. Census), Native American, 0.09% Asian (U.S. Census), Asian, 1.24% from Race (United States Census), other races, and 0.21% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census), Hispanic or Latino (U.S. Census), Latino of any race were 2.23% of the popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent County, Michigan
Kent County is located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, the county had a population of 657,974, making it the fourth most populous county in Michigan, and the largest outside of the Metro Detroit, Detroit area. Its county seat is Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids. The county was set off in 1831, and organized in 1836. It is named for New York jurist and legal scholar James Kent (jurist), James Kent, who represented the Michigan Territory in its Toledo War, dispute with Ohio over the Toledo Strip. Kent County is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is West Michigan's economic and manufacturing center. It is home of the Frederik Meijer Gardens, a significant cultural landmark of the Midwest. The Gerald R. Ford International Airport is the county's primary location for regional and international airline traffic. History The Grand River (Michigan), Grand River runs through the county. On its west bank are tumulus, burial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muskegon County, Michigan
Muskegon County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2020, the population was 175,824. The county seat is Muskegon. Muskegon County comprises the Muskegon, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Grand Rapids- Kentwood-Muskegon, MI Combined Statistical Area. History Around 1812, Jean Baptiste Recollect and Pierre Constant set up trading posts in the area. By the Treaty of Washington (1836), Native Americans ceded parts of Michigan, including future Muskegon County, to the United States. This opened up the area to greater settlement by European Americans, who developed farms. Prior to 1859, the majority of Muskegon County was part of Ottawa County (the Southern three quarters). Grand Haven served as the County Seat of this combined County, and still serves as the Ottawa County seat today. Muskegon County was organized in 1859. Its name is from the Muskegon River, which runs through it and empties into Muskegon Lake and subsequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Section (land)
In U.S. land surveying under the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), a section is an area nominally , containing , with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid. The legal description of a tract of land under the PLSS includes the name of the state, name of the county, township number, range number, section number, and portion of a section. Sections are customarily surveyed into smaller squares by repeated halving and quartering. A quarter section is and a "quarter-quarter section" is . In 1832 the smallest area of land that could be acquired was reduced to the quarter-quarter section, and this size parcel became entrenched in American mythology. After the Civil War, freedmen (freed slaves) were reckoned to be self-sufficient with " 40 acres and a mule," though they never received it. In the 20th century real estate developers preferred working with parcels. The phrases "front 40" and " back 40," referring to farm fields, indicate the front and back quar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparta Township, Michigan
Sparta Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,395 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is located about northeast of the city of Grand Rapids. The village of Sparta is located within the township. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.14%) are water. Major highways * runs south–north through the center of the township. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 8,938 people, 3,301 households, and 2,409 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 3,449 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.13% White, 0.47% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.54% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.58% of the population. There were 3,301 househol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toledo, Saginaw And Muskegon Railway
The Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway is a defunct railroad incorporated in January, 1886. The railroad offered service between Ashley, Michigan and Muskegon, Michigan starting on August 1, 1888. The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada took control the same day, but the company did not merge with the Grand Trunk Western Railway until 1928.Meints (1992), 146. Financial background The Toledo, Saginaw and Muskegon Railway (TS&M) was started by a group of Toledo Ohio investors headed by David Robinson Jr. and John Ashley, who at the time was also building the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railroad, which connected Ashley with Owosso, Michigan. The investors spent about $1,560,000 to build the line. Construction Construction started in the spring of 1887 with building bridges and grading. Trackwork was started in August 1887 from Ashley westward. The track crews reached Carson City, Michigan on September 24. In October, another crew started laying rail from Egelston and Moorla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
