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KOCIHVILLE TOWNSHIP

is situated in the northern portion of the county, east of Tittabawassee, west of Zilwaukee, and due north of Saginaw township.
Its population. as given in the census returns of 1880, is 1,768. There
are five school districts and two fractional, each provided with a
substantial schoolbuilding. The church buildings are four in number, comprising three Lutheran and one German Methodist. The
lands of the township are as fertile as any in the Valley, the people
industrious and enterprising. The appearance of the county
bespeaks great progress and rehearses, as it were, the story of German perseverance. Under authority given by the Board of Supervisors, Oct. 12, 1855, the following described territory was constituted
a township under the name of Kochville, viz.: Township 13 north, of
range 4 east; sections 6, 7, 18, 19, and the north half of section 30 in
township 13 north, of range 5 east; and sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 in township 14 north, of range 4 east. The
application to organize was signed by 75 electors. In granting the
prayer of these citizens, the board ordered that the first annual meeting for the election of township officers should be held at the house
of Adam Goetz of Kochville, on the first Monday in April, 1856,
and that the following named persons: G. Stengel, J. P. Weggel,
and J. S. Hehelt, being three electors, be designated and appointed to
preside at such election, and to perform all the duties required by
the statute.
The first Kochville township election was held April 7, 1856, at
the house of Andreas Goetz, with the following results: Luke Wellington, Supervisor; John C. Schmidt, Township Clerk; Andreas
Goetz, Treasurer; J. G. Helmrenh, Caspar Linik, School Inspectors: Wm. Butts, Henreich Hipser and Paul Stephan, Highway
Commissioners; Luke Wellington, Louis Loeffler, Geo. Hengee and
Leonard Fleabite, Justices ot the Peace; Geo. Hengee and Andreas
Goetz, Overseers of the Poor; G. M. Geigler, Geo. Sturm, Andreas
Schmidt and Mark Kranzlien, Constables.
Peter Weggel and Heinreich Hebert, were named inspectors of
election; but owing to their absence, Luke Wellington and Caspar
Lint filled their positions with Geo. Stengel, an inspector named in
the first order. Louis Loeffler was appointed Clerk and John C.
Schmidt, Asst. Clerk. The number of voters present was 59. The
principal officers of the township since its organization are named
in the following list:
SUPERVISORS.
Luke Wellington...............1856 John A. Lemberger...........1879-'80
Louis Loeffler............... 1857-'t 9 John M. Richard............1881
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