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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 1838, six years before John Green came to the area that later would bear his name, Levi Broas, Belding's first settler, arrived in the area. The community first was known as Broas Rapids, later Patterson Mills and even, during logging days, as Hog Wallow. The name Belding was chosen in 1871 to honor the Belding family. [4]
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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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.
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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.