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County Location mi [1] km Destinations Notes; Van Buren: Keeler Township: 0.000: 0.000: South County Line Road Napier Avenue: Berrien–Van Buren county line; roadway continues westward as Napier Avenue 2.912: 4.686: Van Buren–Cass county line: Cass: Silver Creek Township: 7.701: 12.394: M-51 – Decatur, Dowagiac: 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 ...
The first of these revised assignments were shown on the 1971 state highway map; A-2 retained its number but B-1 was renumbered to H-40 in the Upper Peninsula. [6] Earl Rogers, the engineer-director of the County Road Association of Michigan stated at the time that the county road commissions would gradually phase in signage over the coming years.
Michigan County History and atlases, digitized database, including Powers, Perry F., assisted by H.G. Cutler, A History of Northern Michigan and its People (1912) Michigan County names per the Michigan government. Archived July 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine; Table of dates counties laid out and organized; History of the name Sheboygan
The Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) was created in 1905, and the department paid counties and townships to improve roads to state standards. On May 13, 1913, the State Reward Trunk Line Highways Act was passed, creating the State Trunkline Highway System.
On July 7, 1870, a U.S. Post Office opened at the county line with Genesee County on the north side of Wilard Road at the rail tracks as Hughesville. On February 17, 1875, Hughesville Post Office was renamed County Line. In 1885, County Line was renamed to Countyline. The Countyline Post Office was closed on Oct 14, 1904. [5]
At a total area of 97,990 square miles (253,800 km 2) – including those territorial waters – Michigan is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, and the eleventh largest state overall. More than half of the state's land area – 30,156 square miles (78,100 km 2) – is still forest.
M-42 is a rural state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan.It is located in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of the state. Along its route, M-42 begins in Manton and ends north of Lake City, some 10.356 miles (16.666 km) apart.
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 1,598 people, 555 households, and 470 families residing in the township. The population density was 44.7 inhabitants per square mile (17.3/km 2).