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North Branch Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,571 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] The Village of North Branch is located within the township.
The town of North Branch sits on the north branch of the Flint River which flows through the township and is the principal waterway. The main thoroughfare is Huron Street. Two major fires mark the history of North Branch. The Great Michigan Fire in 1871 and the Thumb Fire in 1881 destroyed many parts of the town.
Robert was born in Bartow, Florida, the son of the Rev. C. Fred and Effie Frances (Forsythe) Blackburn.His father was the son of a Methodist minister, too. He married Mary Jeanne Everett on 16 November 1943, and they had three children: Jeanne Marie (Mrs. Ramon Cox), Robert McGrady, Jr., and Frances Lucile (Mrs. John Harwood).
The township is in eastern Mason County and is bordered to the east by Lake County. Ludington, the county seat, is 17 miles (27 km) to the west by US 10.. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Branch Township has a total area of 35.98 square miles (93.2 km 2), of which 35.40 square miles (91.69 km 2) are land and 0.58 square miles (1.50 km 2), or 1.61%, are water. [1]
Laura Haviland died on April 20, 1898, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the home of her brother, Samuel Smith. [19] She is buried next to her husband in the Raisin Valley Cemetery in Adrian, Michigan . Symbolically, at Haviland's funeral, hymns were sung by a choir of white and African-American singers, and then her casket was carried to the grave ...
The township is drained by tributaries of the Chocolay River, a north-flowing tributary of Lake Superior. The West Branch of the Chocolay runs southwest to northeast across the south-central part of the township, and the East Branch runs northward through the southeast part of the township.
The bank stands as the oldest bank institution in North Branch. It was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site on October 23, 1979 and later added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 22, 1982. [1] [2]
West Branch Township is a civil township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 51 at the 2020 census . With a population density of only 0.458/sq mi (0.177/km 2 ), the township ranks as the least-densely populated municipality in the state of Michigan.