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Lewis Cass, the third governor of Michigan Territory, established the boundaries of Oakland County in 1819. [9] [10] Waterford Township was organized in 1834.[11]In 1818, Oliver Williams selected land in Oakland County [12] that he purchased for two dollars an acre.
In 1818, Alpheus Williams and his brother-in-law, Captain Archibald Phillips, entered the first land purchase for $2.00 an acre.Archibald Phillips and Alpheus Williams purchased 161.4 acres in what would become Waterford Village, Michigan.
The first church in Four Towns was the historic Four Towns Methodist Church. [5]In 1866, a frame schoolhouse was built on land donated by Nathan R. Colvin at 6451 Cooley Lake Road in Waterford Township, Michigan.
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Eagle Lake is a 56-acre (23 ha) lake in central Oakland County, Michigan.The lake has a maximum depth of 20 feet (6.1 m). [1] It is located in Waterford Township. [2]The lake is west of Dixie Highway, north of Walton Boulevard, and east of Sashabaw Road.
In 1834, the first post office was established in Waterford Township on the north shore of Elizabeth Lake. It was named Lake Elizabeth Post Office. Its first postmaster was an American Revolutionary War veteran [3] named William Terry (b.1760-d.1840), who came to Michigan in 1824.
Silver Lake is a freshwater lake located in Waterford Township, Michigan in Oakland County, Michigan, United States.. The lake is located south of Walton Blvd., north of Silver Lake Road, and east of Dixie Highway.
The village of Clintonville was first settled in 1830 near what was later named Schoolhouse Lake. [4]The Schoolhouse Lake was so named when Clintonville School No.7, the first school in Clintonville, was built on the banks of the lake at what today is 3101 Walton Boulevard in Waterford, Michigan near Clintonville Road.