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The county Board of Commissioners formed a building committee, which recommended a new facility, and voters approved the proposal in 1889. The county hired Detroit architect Albert E. French to design a new courthouse; construction started in 1889 and was completed in 1890. In the early 1970s, the county considered replacing the courthouse, but ...
Howell was first settled in 1833-34. The village was platted in 1835, and in 1836 became the county seat for Livingston County.The stretch along Grand River Avenue that is encompassed by this historic district has been the center of commercial activity since the 1830s.
Howell Township is a civil township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,893 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] up from 6,702 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] The township is bordered on the southeast by the city of Howell , but the two are administered autonomously.
In March of this same year, there was a mail route started in the village of Kensington that went through Howell until ending in Grand Rapids. The pioneer manufacturing enterprise of Howell was a sawmill built in 1836, soon followed by a blacksmith shop. [6] The City of Howell is the county seat of Livingston County. On 24 March 1836, the ...
Genoa Township is southeast of the center of Livingston County and is bordered to the northwest by the city of Howell, the county seat, and to the southeast by the city of Brighton. Interstate 96 crosses the township, with access from exits 140 and 141. The highway leads east 48 miles (77 km) to Detroit and west 41 miles (66 km) to Lansing.
Modern M-43 running along Grand River Avenue at Collingwood Drive in East Lansing (2008) Grand River Avenue crosses to the east into Livingston County through Fowlerville to Howell. In Howell, Grand River Avenue meets Hartland Road which carries M-59; the highway also met M-155 in downtown, which at the time provided access to the Howell State ...
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3720 West Grand River Avenue, Howell Township 42°37′43″N 83°59′14″W / 42.628611°N 83.987222°W / 42.628611; -83.987222 ( Frank J. Hecox Howell