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Stanton is in central Montcalm County, 17 miles (27 km) by road northeast of Greenville, the largest city in the county.Stanton is located at the corners of four townships, incorporating land from each: Day Township to the northeast, Evergreen Township to the southeast, Sidney Township to the southwest, and Douglass Township to the northwest.
Montcalm County (/ ˈ m ɒ n t k ɔː l m / MONT-kawlm) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 66,614. [2] The county is geographically located in the West Michigan region of the Lower Peninsula. The county seat is Stanton, and the largest city is Greenville. [3]
Stanton Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,590 at the 2020 census . Stanton Township has the distinction of having the highest concentration of people with Finnish ancestry of any place in the United States, at 47%.
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Giles Gilbert was a significant figure in the lumbering business in Stanton in the late 1860s-early 1880s. In 1877, he built this house for his own use, and lived there until 1882, when he moved to Mecosta, Michigan, to continue lumbering. The house in Stanton was later owned by James Willet, another prominent lumberman and mayor of Stanton. 2
The township is in north-central Montcalm County and is bordered to the southeast by the city of Stanton, the county seat.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92 km 2), of which 34.7 square miles (90 km 2) are land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km 2), or 2.57%, are water. [1]
Stanton, the Montcalm county seat, is to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau , Pine Township has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93 km 2 ), of which 35.0 square miles (91 km 2 ) are land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km 2 ), or 2.99%, are water. [ 1 ]
State highway M-66 runs along the eastern border of the township, connecting Stanton and Sheridan. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , Sidney Township has a total area of 35.0 square miles (91 km 2 ), of which 33.9 square miles (88 km 2 ) are land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km 2 ), or 3.12%, are water. [ 1 ]