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People from Litchfield, Michigan (7 P) Pages in category "People from Hillsdale County, Michigan" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
William Kirby Sr. was born near Leeds, England in 1805. [3] He married Hannah Sykes, and the couple emigrated to the United States in 1827. [4] After living in New York and Ohio, in 1835 they moved to Hillsdale County to homestead, [3] one of the first families to settle in the area. [2]
Hillsdale County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 45,746. [2] The county seat is Hillsdale. [3] Hillsdale County is the only county in Michigan to border both Indiana and Ohio. Due to an angle in the state's border with Ohio, Hillsdale County has the southernmost point in Michigan.
Captain Moses Allen was the first settler in Hillsdale County, located in the south central portion of the U.S. State of Michigan. Moses Allen was a veteran of the War of 1812; he later served as a captain in the Michigan Militia. He became the first "white settler" in present-day Hillsdale County.
Hillsdale: February 18, 1982: Hillsdale City Hall: 97 Broad Street Hillsdale: October 23, 1987: Hillsdale College Informational Designation 33 East College Street Hillsdale: January 16, 1962: Hillsdale County Courthouse† 29 North Howell Street Hillsdale: April 10, 1969: William R. Kirby Sr. House† 3771 State Road Adams Township: June 15, 1979
It served as the first county seat of Hillsdale County, which was formally organized in 1835. The Jonesville post office opened on January 21, 1841. The community incorporated as a village in 1855. Jonesville once contained a railway station along the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. [4]