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| | Berrien County GenGuide - Towns & Their Histories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | In the 1863 Atlas of Michigan, listed as "A fractional township and small post village of Berrien county, on the St. Joseph river, between South Bend, Ind., and Niles, Mich. The township borders on the State of Indiana, and is distant 190 miles south-west from Detroit. |
 | | The township was organized in 1856, and is about five miles square; the soil is generally a clay loam, very rich, and well suited to grass and grain with gently rolling surface--the south-east portion hilly. |
 | | Pear, apple, and quince trees flourish and bear heavy crops of fruit, which is attributed to the proximity of lake Michigan and the consequent mildness of the climate, preventing the early spring frosts from injuring the trees. |
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