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The Thornapple River (Ottawa: Sowanquesake, "Forked River") [4] (GNIS ID #1075813 [5]) is an 88.1-mile-long (141.8 km) [6] tributary of Michigan's longest river, the Grand River. The Thornapple rises in Eaton County, Michigan and drains a primarily rural farming area in Central Michigan .
The other Little Thornapple River is a left-side tributary that rises in southern Sawyer County at , less than 2 miles (3.2 km) west-southwest of the mouth of the other Little Thornapple River. The second Little Thornapple, flows primarily to the south and southwest into Rusk County and empties into the Thornapple River at , approximately 4 ...
The first white settler to own land in the village was Calvin G. Hill, a native of New York, who bought 400 acres (1.6 km 2) in 1834 on both sides of the Thornapple River. [4] The village was likely surveyed and subdivided before 1850, but the plat was not officially recorded until 1859. Prior to 1843, the settlement was often called "Thornapple".
Little Thornapple River, tributary of the Coldwater River in Barry County; Little Thornapple River, tributary of the Thornapple River in Eaton County;
The Thornapple River, a tributary of the Grand River, flows from south to north through the middle of the township. According to the United States Census Bureau , Thornapple Township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (93.1 km 2 ), of which 35.3 square miles (91.4 km 2 ) is land and 0.66 square miles (1.7 km 2 ), or 1.80%, is water.
Thornapple River, Michigan; Thornapple River (Wisconsin) Thornapple Trail, Michigan; Other uses. Brutus P. Thornapple, the main character in the comic strip The Born ...
Little Thornapple River is a 9.1-mile-long (14.6 km) [3] river in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Little Thornapple rises in central Carmel Township at 42°33′23″N 84°54′27″W / 42.55639°N 84.90750°W / 42.55639; -84.90750 ( Little Thornapple River (source) ) , [ 1 ] approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from ...
Trail users in this area must navigate an on-road segment on Stimson Rd, heading south to M-37 and then east on Crane Rd across the Thornapple River. After crossing the river on Crane Rd the trail picks up again heading along the banks of the Thornapple River and crossing over Main St in Middleville. A section of the trail south of Middleville ...