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  The History of Van Buren County, Michigan :: The Southwest Michigan Directory
The Morris cabin hosted Van Buren's first gospel sermon (delivered by the Reverend William Sprague, a Methodist minister who later served in Congress) and witnessed the birth of the county's first pioneer child, Lewis Creighton Morris, who was born on August 4, 1830.
According to Rowland, the county seat war "was in earnest." Meetings were held across Van Buren supporting or opposing the move or the new courthouse.
The Van Buren County Courthouse, "a handsome, dignified and richly decorated Classical Revival structure," was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
www.swmidirectory.org /History_of_Van_Buren_County.html   (782 words)

  
  Van Buren Township, Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Van Buren Charter Township is a charter township located in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
In the township the population is spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 36.2% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the township is $50,984, and the median income for a family is $60,561.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Van_Buren_Township,_Michigan   (382 words)

  
 Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 1,797.
In the township the population is spread out with 30.3% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the township is $37,434, and the median income for a family is $41,875.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hamilton_Township,_Van_Buren_County,_Michigan   (377 words)

  
 History of Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan
Cass County on the south, Kalamazoo County on the east, and Decatur township on the west.
Barber hired Milton Van Duzer to work the Porter place, and there Van Duzer was living in 1835, when James Young, his half-sister, Elizabeth Gibson, and her sons, Washington and Robert, moved in from Prairie Ronde, and occupied a tract of 67 acres on section 14, bordering upon Bankson's Lake.
Harriet Van Antwerp says that one day, after it was decided to set the township off from Decatur, there was a consultation at the house of her father, Nathan Cook, as to what name ought to be selected.
www.angelfire.com /mi2/miroots/michigan/vanburen/porterhistory.html   (3396 words)

  
 History of Lawrence Township, Van Buren County, Michigan
On the north of the township is Arlington, on the south Hamilton, on the east Paw Paw, and on the west Hartford.
Although the early settlements in the township concentrated upon the site of Lawrence village, the first settlement in the township was made on the west shore of Prospect Lake, on section 26, by Stephen Fountain, a bachelor, in June, 1835.
Their territory of exploration covered the present townships of Hartford, Lawrence, and Arlington, and when they entered upon their task of providing roads for a new country where roads had not been, and where water-courses, marshes, and swamps were no inconsiderable obstacles, they needed indeed all the vigorous energy and persistent industry at their command.
www.angelfire.com /mi2/miroots/michigan/vanburen/lawrenc1.html   (7164 words)

  
 CNN - Township fearful of PCB landfill - May 13, 1997
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Michigan (CNN) -- Residents are in an uproar about a new disposal site for the banned cancer-causing chemicals known as PCBs, saying it could put them and future generations at risk.
The township went to court to prevent Wayne Disposal from burying PCBs in its landfill, but lost the first round when a judge refused to order an injunction.
The township is especially alarmed at the theory that PCBs could leech into the groundwater system and nearby Belleville Lake, a sprawling waterway that provides some of the best inland fishing in Michigan.
cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /EARTH/9705/12/pcb.landfill   (315 words)

  
 Van_Buren_County,_Michigan
Van Buren County is a county located in the state of Michigan.
It was named for Martin Van Buren, before he became president.
Dunes Parkway, an 84 acre (340,000 m²)preserve of dunes in Covert Township
www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=Van_Buren_County,_Michigan   (480 words)

  
 CNN - Township fearful of PCB landfill - May 13, 1997
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Michigan (CNN) -- Residents are in an uproar about a new disposal site for the banned cancer-causing chemicals known as PCBs, saying it could put them and future generations at risk.
The township went to court to prevent Wayne Disposal from burying PCBs in its landfill, but lost the first round when a judge refused to order an injunction.
The township is especially alarmed at the theory that PCBs could leech into the groundwater system and nearby Belleville Lake, a sprawling waterway that provides some of the best inland fishing in Michigan.
www.cnn.com /EARTH/9705/12/pcb.landfill   (315 words)

  
 Van Buren Township - Conference of Western Wayne, Wayne County, Michigan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It is largely a rural community that boasts many year-round recreational opportunities, including the 101 acre Van Buren Park, one of the finest 18-hole public golf courses in the region and the 1,200 acre Lower Huron/Clinton Metropark.
Van Buren Township is part of the tri-community area made up of Belleville, Sumpter Township and Van Buren Township.
Van Buren Township has a population of 22,267.
www.c-w-w.org /Communities/VanBurenTownship.htm   (160 words)

  
 jamesdean - pafg06.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Annie was born in Oct 1864 in Michigan.
Genlove Dean was born in Nov 1884 in Michigan.
Ella V. Dean was born in 1889 in Michigan.
www.mitsawokett.com /FamilyHistories/JamesDean_d1787/pafg06.htm   (1370 words)

  
 Covert, Michigan MI, township profile (Van Buren County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Michigan > All counties > Van Buren County > Covert
Covert, MI Covert is a township in Van Buren County, in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area.
Van Buren County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21727   (505 words)

  
 Van Buren Township stalks mystery cat - 09/19/03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Local police said they will call out the Michigan National Guard if they have to for help finding a huge tan feline lurking in farm fields and woods at the northeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Dellor Road in rural Van Buren Township.
Cougar sightings are thought to be largely urban legend in southeastern Michigan because few are confirmed, said Steven Schmitt, chief wildlife veterinarian for the state Department of Natural Resources.
Van Buren police are trying to locate a helicopter with infrared equipment that could spot the animal while it is asleep -- and they will ask the state police and National Guard for help if needed.
www.detnews.com /2003/metro/0309/19/d01-275626.htm   (475 words)

  
 Wade Trim - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Van Buren’s staff were interviewed to understand daily functions and identify data and mapping needs for the GIS.
During the last few years the Township has developed GIS components through various departments and now has many of the components necessary to use GIS applications.
The City of Birmingham, Michigan, hired Wade Trim to convert the City’s water and sewer maps into a GIS format.
www.wadetrim.com /services/pla_gis_prj1.htm   (644 words)

  
 Michigan Historical Marker: Old Van Buren Township Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Van Buren Township was organized out of Huron Township by an act of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan in 1835.
Township business was conducted from homes until this building was completed in 1875.
In 1952 the Grange relinquished its portion to the township.
www.michmarkers.com /Pages/L0255.htm   (128 words)

  
 Almena Township Minutes
Supervisors report: Van Buren County Road Commission will be doing the reconstruction of 24th St from CR375 to 38th St. Work was scheduled to begin on July 15, 2004.
This concerns the turn-back of the road to the township.
She also expressed the sincere thanks of the Township to Dave Denton for his years of service, and to declare that a vacancy now exists in the position of Township Trustee and the Planning Commission.
www.almenatownship.org /minutes.html   (2004 words)

  
 Belleville Chamber of Commerce Area Recreation
Van Buren Parks and Recreation offers a variety of programs through out the year and provides a gym for a nominal fee.
The keystone to year-round recreational pleasure in Van Buren Township rests with beautiful Belleville Lake and the spacious 101 acre Van Buren Park located adjacent to the South I-94 Service Drive East of Rawsonville Road.
Sumpter Township’s largest park is a wetlands interpretive preserve run by Wayne County.
www.bellevillech.org /recreation.html   (336 words)

  
 Visteon Corporation: Visteon, Van Buren Township Form $1.5 Million Civic Fund To Support Community Improvements
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Michigan, April 20, 2004 - Visteon Corporation (NYSE:VC) and Van Buren Charter Township today announced they have joined forces to create the Van Buren Civic Fund, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising money for township projects and services.
The balance will be used to match dollar-for-dollar donations from area businesses and residents, with a goal of raising $1.5 million by the end of 2004.
Visteon is in the final stages of construction for Visteon Village, its new 870,000-square foot corporate office and innovation center in Van Buren Township.
www.visteon.com /newsroom/press/2004/042004.shtml   (320 words)

  
 Belleville Chamber of Commerce Area  Education
Now, over 170 years later, the Van Buren Public School district is composed to six elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school serving a population of over 6,000 students.
The 74-square-mile district’s population includes students from the City of Belleville and the Townships of Van Buren, Sumpter, Canton and Ypsilanti.
Post-secondary educational opportunities are available at the Western Campus of Wayne County Community College District located on Haggerty Road in Van Buren Township and Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Wayne State University in Detroit.
www.bellevillech.org /education.html   (289 words)

  
 Van Buren Ar on Almondnet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Van Buren Arkansas and Van Buren Chamber of Commerce and Van Buren Arkansas Train Depot and Van Buren Arkansas Population
Van Buren offers a unique mix of present day and the past.
Many companies and industries are proud to call Van Buren their home and enjoy all the ammenities of a modern community as well as the benefits of a...
www.ghd-ceramic-hair-straighteners.co.uk /ghd/van_buren_ar.html   (404 words)

  
 Pittsfield Township Historical Society :: Mastodons / Mastodons Michigan / Mastodons in Pittsfield Township, Michigan ...
Southwest Michigan was the first part of our modern day state to be ice-free as the glaciers retreated.
Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties have yielded the oldest skeletons of Michigan mastodons and muskox in sites that are felt to be about 14,800 years old.
Michigan's mastodons date from the nearly 15,000-year-old Van Buren County mastodon to fossils that are about 12,000 years old.
pittsfieldhistory.org /index.php?section=history&content=mastodons   (694 words)

  
 Van Buren Township, Michigan Real Estate
Located in the Southwest corner of Wayne County in southeastern Michigan just two exits west (3 1/2 miles) from the junction of Interstate 94 and Interstate 275, twenty-five minutes from downtown Detroit, twenty minutes from Ann Arbor.
Most of the multi-family housing units in the township are located in proximity to the I-94 freeway, around Belleville Lake, and on major thoroughfares and are separate from the larger concentrations of single-family homes.
The closeness of Van Buren Township to the Ann Arbor and suburban Detroit areas and to regional employment centers has contributed to the high demand for locating here.
www.relocate-america.com /states/MI/cities/vanburen_twp.htm   (385 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Contact: Jon Gulch (734-692-7686) Court Sentencing, Van Buren Trailer/Drum Dump, Van Buren Township, Michigan A Michigan scrapyard owner was sentenced for abandoning hazardous waste in a field.
The case stemmed from the abandonment of wastes in a trailer in a field in Van Buren Township in 1998.
One or more employees of RT Automotive transported the trailer from Spartan Tire to Automax, loaded the drums of hazardous paint waste onto the trailer and towed it to an open field in Van Buren Township, Michigan, where it was abandoned.
www.epa.gov /region5/superfund/significant_actions/2004/040213.txt   (1694 words)

  
 Van Buren township, Wayne County, Michigan (MI) Detailed Profile
Van Buren township, Wayne County, Michigan (MI) Detailed Profile
52% of Van Buren township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Housing units in Van Buren township with a mortgage: 3,435 (223 second mortgage, 486 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
www.city-data.com /township/Van-Buren-Wayne-MI.html   (215 words)

  
 House Pictures Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This is my first house that I purchased in the summer of 2002.
It's a cute little 1100 square foot, 3 bed, 1 bath, ranch in Van Buren Township, Michigan.
One of the things I loved most about it was the acre of land.
www-personal.umich.edu /~traigle/house   (269 words)

  
 CNN.com - 'Playboy' grounded: Catching the gator - August 7, 2001
The Van Buren Township, Michigan, animal control police officer -- who has endured almost a week of rubber alligators in his car and jokes from townspeople, fellow cops and media types -- found himself at a new crossroads in his career late Monday as he cradled "Playboy" in his arms.
Al Ostrowski, Van Buren's animal control police officer, jumped into a pond and grabbed the runaway gator late Monday: "This was going to be the last day of this, regardless."
Playboy seems unharmed after his excellent adventure and now is securely held by the Michigan Humane Society, "which I guess has a type of holding facility for large reptiles, one of the few in the area.
edition.cnn.com /2001/CAREER/trends/08/04/missing.gator.new.focus   (873 words)

  
 Two men drown in Van Buren Township's Lake Belleville
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP (AP) -- Two men drowned in Lake Belleville in Wayne County after being caught in the water during a heavy storm, police said.
Divers on Tuesday found the bodies of a 32-year-old Belleville man and a 28-year-old man who had been missing since Monday night, when a storm came up during their Independence Day boat outing.
The township dive team also searched the lake late Monday, the Detroit Free Press reported.
www.freep.com /news/statewire/sw118019_20050705.htm   (159 words)

  
 McKinstry of Van Buren Township
She was born in Ireland in 1827 and came to America with her parents, and to Van Buren Township in 1834.
She was born in 1840 in Van Buren Township.
William H. McKinstry was the sixth child of Hugh and Elizabeth, born on April 1, 1841 in Van Buren Township.
www.geocities.com /michdetroit/mckinstry.html   (3326 words)

  
 New Home Community in Van Buren Township Michigan
Located in the heart of Van Buren Township, Michigan, Cobblestone Ridge has scenic surroundings, wildlife preserves and nature trails.
Whether you want to enjoy a weekend cruise on Belleville Lake, tap your foot at the Van Buren concert series or attend an evening class at the community center, Cobblestone Ridge is in the heart of community activities.
Simply sign-up for an iNest Cash Back Coupon, then bring the Coupon you'll immediately receive with you to the Michigan Home Builders sales office(s) on your first visit.
www.internest.com /michiganhomebuilders/michiganhomebuilders31083.asp   (481 words)

  
 CNN.com - Day 3: 'Playboy' the gator sighted - August 4, 2001
As the Van Buren Police Department's point man on animal issues, he holds a position of serious responsibility in this 21,000-citizen community "on the other side of Ypsilanti" from Ann Arbor.
But things became more exotic on Tuesday afternoon when the Van Buren police got a call reporting that children were teasing an alligator at the Harbor Club apartment complex.
The Michigan Humane Society said they'd take it and be able to place it.
archives.cnn.com /2001/CAREER/trends/08/04/missing.alligator.focus   (910 words)

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