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White Lake is located at Ormond and White Lake Roads (; Elevation: 1037 ft./316 m.) [7] and is mostly known for its National Weather Service office, located within the township White Lake had a post office initially named as Plainville when it opened on July 11, 1838.
White Lake [2] is an all-sports, 540-acre (220 ha) lake in White Lake Township, Michigan. [3]It is the sixth largest lake in Oakland County. [4]Potawatomi, Chippewa and Ottawa Native Americans lived, traveled and camped in this area including on the shores of White Lake which they called “white” or “clear” and that is where the name of the lake and township originated.
The next largest is in Oakland County, Michigan, within White Lake Township, Michigan at Other White Lakes are in Calhoun County, Michigan in Clarence Township, Michigan at 42°22′06″N 84°44′13″W / 42.36833°N 84.73694°W / 42.36833; -84.
Four Towns is an unincorporated community in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located at the junction of Commerce, Waterford, West Bloomfield, and White Lake township. As an unincorporated community, Four Towns has no legally defined area or population statistics of its own, and it uses the Waterford 48328 ZIP Code.
The White River in August 2005 The White River 'Mouth' on Lake Michigan in White River Township. The White River (Ottawa: Wabigungweshcupago, "White Clay River") is a 23.6-mile-long (38.0 km) [3] river located on the western side of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Its source is the Oxford Swamp in Newaygo County.
The center of the township is 5 miles (8 km) west of the city of Montague and 23 miles (37 km) by road northwest of Muskegon, the county seat. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 16.5 square miles (43 km 2 ), of which 15.8 square miles (41 km 2 ) are land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km 2 ), or 3.83%, are water ...
U.S. Census data map showing local municipal boundaries within Lake County A detail from A New Map of Michigan with its Canals, Roads & Distances (1842) by Henry Schenck Tanner, showing Lake County as Aishcum, the county's name from 1840 to 1843. [5] Several nearby counties are also shown with names that would later be changed.
Each township is roughly equal in size at six miles (9.7 km) by six miles, for a total township area of 36 square miles (93 km 2). The roots of this design were born out of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the subsequent Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Oakland County itself is a prime example of the land policy that was established, as all townships ...