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Ganges is located in the northwest part of the township at the junction of 122nd Ave and Blue Star Highway at Interstate 196 / US 31 is less than a quarter mile to the west, but the nearest access is from M-89 about a mile to the north.
The Lapeer post office, with ZIP code 48446, also serves most of Lapeer Township. [ 5 ] Hunters Creek is an unincorporated community in the southern part of township at 42°59′08″N 83°17′38″W / 42.98556°N 83.29389°W / 42.98556; -83.29389 ( Hunters Creek
The city of Lapeer is to the northeast and incorporates some land from the township. The Lapeer post office, with ZIP code 48446, also serves nearly all of Elba Township. [7] The village of Metamora is to the southeast, and the Metamora post office, with ZIP code 48455, also serves a small portion of southeast Elba Township. [8]
The Saugatuck and Ganges Phone Company was formed for the village in 1893–1894. [ 7 ] In 1968, a hundred years after incorporation as a village, Saugatuck might have looked into incorporating as a city, but it appears incorporation actually happened in 1984, according to historical information on the Saugatuck city website.
The July 1, 1919, incarnation of M-89 was much shorter relative to today's road. Its western terminus was at a junction with M-11 (later US 31, now A-2) near Ganges.It traveled east to Fennville then turned south to Pearl before turning back to the east towards Allegan on an alignment that is a few miles south of the present day configuration.
Lapeer (/ l ə ˈ p ɪər / lə-PEER) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Lapeer County. [5] As of the 2020 census, the city population was 9,023.Most of the city was incorporated from land that was formerly in Lapeer Township, though portions were also annexed from Mayfield Township and Elba Township.
Michigan Governor Henry H. Crapo once owned most of the pine forestland in the area and had a line of the Pere Marquette Railway run through Fostoria. The community was named in 1881 for Crapo's foreman, Thomas Foster. Its first post office operated from July 1882 until May 1883. [7]
Allendale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 17,579 at the 2010 census.It is located within Allendale Charter Township, occupying approximately the northern two-thirds of the township, from the eastern boundary with the Grand River west along Pierce St., north along 75th Ave., then west along Lake Michigan Drive to the western ...