The Kalamazoo Valley Family
News Letter

Vol. 2, No. 1         September 1972

Page 56

LAKETOWN TOWNSHIP

 

Laketown Township Map
Click on image to enlarge		 Showing part of the CITY OF HOLLAND which is largely in Ottawa County.

REFERENCE: COUNTY CLERK


LAKETOWN TOWNSHIP. The township was a part of Newark township until 1859, when it was set off with a jurisdiction of its own, named because of its proximity to Lake Michigan. It was first settled by several members of a Dutch colony in 1847. Graafschap Village, located on line between Fillmore and Laketown townships, was named in recognition of systems prevalent in Netherlands of giving small principalities to the rulerships of graafs (or counts) whose districts were known as graafschaps. A postoffice was established there in 1867, but later discontinued, with the advent of rural free delivery service Effective June 2, 1961, a portion of the township was annexed to the city of Holland.


Supervisor Clerk Treasurer
John Rouse (1859) Gerrit Rutgers (1859-1881) A. J. Neerken (1859)
John Bonros (1860-1) Luke Lugers (1882) John Rutgers (1860-1877)
A. J. Neerken (1862-1874) Irvine Bell (1883) H. Brinkman (1878-9)
Benjamin Neerken (1875-82) Benjamin Neerken (1884-1901) Henry Brinkman (1880)
Luke Lugers (1883-8) Gerrit Heneveld (1902-05) John Rutgers (1881-2)
Henry Brinkman (1889-1901) L. B. Scholten (1906) Henry Brinkman (1883-4)
L. B. Scholten (1902-1905)   D. A. Klomparens (1885)
Gerrit Heneveld (1906) 1971 Officials H. J. Klomparens (1886-7)
  Gerald Rutgers, Supervisor J. B. Van Tubergen (1888-1889)
  Donald Blaauw, Clerk H. J. Klomparens (1890)
  Fred Alferink, Treasurer J. J. Slenk (1891-2)
  Earl Nyland, Trustee H. J. Klomparens (1893-4)
  Nathan Becksvoort, Trustee John J. Slenk (1895)
    Harm Bonros (1896-7)
    Bert Brenker (1898-9)
    Gerrit Heneveld (1900-1)
    Bert Brenker (1902-3)
    P. H. Boven (1904)
    Bert Brenker (1905-



 
INDEX
Allegan City Daniel Like Record Hamilton High School Band Photo Martin Township Salem Township
Allegan County History Dann Family Heath Township Martin Village Saugatuck Township
Allegan County Officials Dorr Township Help!! Monterey Township Saugatuck Village
Allegan Township Douglas Village Hopkins Township News Clippings Smile, you've been in Allegan County
Allegan Vacations Drinkwine Bible Record Hopkins Village Nostalgia Anyone Source of the Quarter
Allegan's Oldest Living Graduate Early Marriages Hyder Family History Old Fashioned Trowbridge Township
Biographical Historians Editorial Just so you know Otsego City Valley Township
Casco Township Family Names, and how they came about -"The Dutch" Kalamazoo Library Otsego Township Watson Township
Cheshire Township Fennville City Laketown Township Overisel Township Wayland City
Clyde Township Fillmore Township Lee Township Pioneer Society Wayland Township
County Clerk's Letter Ganges Township Leighton Township Plainwell City  
County Commissioners 1971 Gravestone of a Genealogist? Library References Presbyterians  
Credits and Dedication Gun Plain Township Manlius Township President Message  
 

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