History of Ottawa County, Michigan with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.

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HISTORY OF OTTAWA COUNTY.

There were 42 sawmills, 40 operated by steam and two by water, with an invested capital of $2,342,500. These sawed 153,215,000 ft. of lumber, valued at $2,004,500-there was only one shingle
mill, which cut $3,000 worth.
The aggregate number of manufacturing establishments, including those already mentioned, was 88, of which 68 were operated
by steam and 4 by water, and 16 without either water or steam.
The capital invested in manufacturing was $2,745,600, and the annual products were valued at $2,852,400.
U. S. CENSUS, 1881.
Cereal production of Ottawa County as returned at the census
of 1880.

The following report of the committee on equalization adopted
June 1881 is a fair exhibit of the wealth of the county and its several towns and cities.

Barley
Buckwheat
Indian corn
Oats
Rye
Wheat

ACRES.
1,104.. 696
18,830. 10,030
1,242. 31,054
POPULATION 1880.

BUSHELS.
25,621
8,439
610,442
317,935
14,978
657,750

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Allendale
Blendon Township
Chester, Chester Village, 420,
Lisbon Village, 83.
i Nunica Village, 297,
Crockery, ) Spoonville Village, 56. V
Georgetown, (Jenisonville 87)
Grand Haven Township
Grand Haven City
Holland Township (New Groeningen, 46)
Holiand City
Jamestown Township
i Ottawa Village 22, 1
Olive Township, ^S
West Olive Village 33,
Polkton Township, CSoopeville 188 }
Eastmanville 188
Robinson Township
Spring Lake Twp., Ferysburg l,
Talmadge Township, (Lamont Village 261)
Wiight Township,' (Berlin Village 270)
Zeeland Township, (Zeeland Village 484)
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1,074
785
1,703
1,240
1,815
642
4,861
3,064
2,620
2,066
1,601
2,688
439
2,384
1,506
1,922
2,715

Allendale..............................
Blendon.............................
Chester................................
Crockery.............................
Georgetown.........................
Grand Haven City-] st & 2d wards
-3d & 4th wards
Grand Haven town..................
Holland City..........................
Holland...............................
Jamestown.........................
Olive...................................
*Polkton............................
R obinson.............................
Spring Lake..........................
Talmadge..............................
Wright................................
Zeeland...............................

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TOWNS AND CITIES.

NO ACRES.
17 450 00
22 389 77
22 184 81
20 573 38
22 59 254
876 00
1 705 50
18 319 00
650 00
33 038 26
23 223 40
27 756 54
26 899 00
24 991 27
11 179 50
22 674 62
22 368 00
22 736 88

341 508 49 4 016 600 1 400 019

Totals.............................

6 316 619

PRESIDENTIAL VOTING.

REAL
ESTATE AS
EQUALIZED.
$121 651
116 916
380 424
140 698
34:5 708
174 932
141 306
81 827
226 387
414 586
403 370
18' 158
453 095
75 190
288 523
404?49
499 230
465 350

1840-Harrison
Van Buren
1844 Clav
Polk
1848-Taylor
Cas3
Van Buren
1852-Scott
Pierce
Hale
1856-Fremont
Buchanan
1860 Lincoln
Douglas
1864-Lincoln
McClellan
1868 Grant
Seymour
1872 Grant
Greely
O'Connor
1876-Hayes
Tilden
Cooper
1880 Garfield.... 81.. 88.. 42.. 116.. 143.. 269.. 43
363
756.. 59.. 1392.. 998.... 1414.. 1217
1345.. 1586.. 2441.. 1857.. 2630.. 1163
110
3401.. 2620.. 70.. 3284
~.. 2019.. 784

PERSONAL
ESTATE.
$10 580
8 713
4.4 440
38 616
37 437
543 625
116 750
5 450
75 373
38 260
47 074
18 326
50 945
6 590
154 925
38 63C
65 200
99 08C

TOTAL.
$132 231
125 fi634
42- 864
179 314
383$ 145
713 557
258 056
87 277
301 760
452 846
450 444
201 484
50t 040
81 780
443 448
442 879
564 430
564 430

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SUMMARY OF POPULATION.

TOWNSHIPS. 1880 1874 1870 1864 1860 1854 1850 1845
Allendale............ 1074 765 799 298 245 196 168.....
Blendon................. 639 718 276 381 85..........
Chester.............. 1703 1397 1405 1034 721 500 216.....
Crockery........... 1240 1124 1125 574 396 275 247.....
Georgetown......... 1815 1464 1474 918 973 457 196 133
Holland............ 3064 2716 2354 2777 1991 985 1829.....
Holland City........ 2620 2469 2324....................
Olive............... 1601 1257 612 3 3......
Grand Haven........ 642 677 558 1576 1359 684..... 350
Grand Haven City... 4861 4363 3140........................
Polkton......... 2688 2267 2416 1242 1222 570 430 321
Robinson............ 439 528 406 126 128...............
Jamestown.......... 2066 1806 1612 708 519 2"04 72.....
Spring Lake......... 2384 2345 1836 844 743 655 268 98
Talmadge........... 1505 1475 1451 1093 1145 746 545.....
Zeeland.............. 2715 2576 2343 1693 1467 912.........
Wright............. 1922 2064 2077 1584 1520 868 521 298
Total........... 32340129929266501515 6 13077 6809 4835 1200

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REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
No. One, consists of the cities of Grand Haven and Holland, and
towns of Grand Haven, Holland, Olive, Robinson, Crockery and
Spring Lake. Population 16,857.
No. Two, consists of the towns of Zeeland, Jamestown, Blendon, Georgetown, Allendale, Talmadge, Polkton, Wright and Chester-Population 16,274.
RAILWAYS.
It is remarlrable that as long as the Indian traders remained,
little or no effort was made to improve the highways; all followed
the zigzag Indian trails which traversed the country in every direc

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