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In 1914, upon a suggestion of local businessman Byron Brown, Alvah N. Belding of the Belding & Bros. Company, Silk Manufacturers, decided to build and give a library to the City of Belding. On March 21, 1917, the Belding City Council accepted his offer and agreed to maintain the building in like beauty and form as a library for all time. [9]
Cooks Corners is the location of an early settlement in the township at 4] near the junction of M-44 and M-91 just west of Belding Smyrna is an unincorporated community at 43°03′34″N 85°15′46″W / 43.05944°N 85.26278°W / 43.05944; -85.26278 , a few miles southwest of Belding near mouth of the Seely Creek on the Flat
In 1860, Hiram H. Belding and his brother Alva N. Belding started selling spooled silk from a base in what is now Belding, aided by a third brother, Milo M. Belding, who living in Ashfield, Massachusetts. This retail trade was an immense success, and in 1866 Belding Brothers began manufacturing silk thread in Rockville, Connecticut.
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Hiram Belding and Mary Wilson Belding moved from Ashfield, Massachusetts to a farmstead in what is now Belding in 1855. With them was their 17-year-old son, Alvah N. Belding. They were soon joined by Alvah's brother Hiram. However, farming proved unprofitable, and in 1857 the Belding brothers began a trade selling silk thread to nearby settlers.
In 1920, the Pere Marquette Railway replaced the original 1888 depot with this one, for reasons unknown. Passenger traffic through the depot was heavy initially, but Belding's silk industry collapsed in the 1930s. The railway discontinued passenger service to Belding in 1941. The building was used as storage facilities until the early 1990s.
M-91 is a largely north–south state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan.It runs from Belding to south of Lakeview.Its 24-mile (39 km) length exists entirely within Ionia and Montcalm counties.