Index of Township Records
of Ottawa County

• Listing of Township Offices with addresses

• List of Lakeland District Libraries in Ottawa County and 
  Some Libraries from Bordering Counties

• Ottawa Co Township Index for Adult Heads of House 1892-3

• Bordering Townships From Allegan County
   

• Allendale Township
  Early History
   

• Blendon Township
  Early History
   

• Chester Township
  An interesting website that is compiling information on the History of Chester Township
  http://mysite.verizon.net/res6xy3i 
  1882 Chester Township History
   

• Crockery Township
  Early History
  1882 Crockery Township History
  RR depot at Nunica, Michigan
  1907 Pioneer Life in Ottawa County
   

• Georgetown Township

• Registered Voters, 1859-1878

• Tax Assessments, 1878-1879

• Tax Assessments, 1892 for Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, & 18

• Georgetown Grange #458

• Georgetown Tp. Cemetery Sexton's Grave Care, 1947-1949

• Georgetown Tp. Sexton's Miscellaneous Records

• Georgetown Tp. Sparrow County, 1927-1933

• Georgetown Tp. Inspectors Vote, 1926

• Georgetown Tp. Establishing Highways, 1884-1923

• Old Settlers Association, 1911-1914,   

• Index to Old Settlers Ass'n , 1910-1942,   

• Index to Township Voters, 1910-1923,   

• Index to Township Voters, 1926 & 1930,   

• Early History  

• Hudsonville-Vriesland Celery Farm Growth

• Georgetown Tp. Landings on the Grand River

• George Veldman, MVP Softball Pitcher, 1949   
   

• Grand Haven Township
  1882 Grand Haven Township History
  Early Grand Haven Township History
   

• Holland City and Holland Township
  Early History

• With photos of Rev. Albertus VanRaalte, the Pillar Church, and
  Centennial Park

• 1882 History of Holland City and Holland Township
  Early Hope College Buildings
  Tulip Time
  Windmill
  Civic Center
  Old Dutch Organ
  Soldiers Monument
   

• Jamestown Township
  Two  partial histories of the Gitchel School (1852-1952) and (1854-1958) 
  Early History
  Includes photo of layout of Village of Jamestown late 1800's
  Gitchel, "Ghost Town"
  Jamestown High School
  The Old Shoemaker - Jamestown Township
  Justice Docket of Wm N. Curtis, Jamestown Tp. 1867-1877
  R. B. Stilwill, Blacksmith Shop
  Jamestown Old Settlers Picnics Financial Records
  Old Settlers Day poem by S. Prakken
  Jamestown Map of School Districts
   

• Olive Township
  Early History
  (Includes photo of 1897 W. Olive Railroad Depot)
  1882 History of Olive Township
  Obituary of Lt. Colonel Joyce A. Thornton
   

• Park Township
  Early History
   

• Polkton Township
  History of Polkton Township
  1882 Polkton Township History
   

• Port Sheldon Township
  History of Port Sheldon Township
  Rise and Fall of Port Sheldon
   

• Robinson Township
  Robinson Township Sexton's Records, 1920-1976
  Early History
   

• Spring Lake Township
  Ashley Heights Postcard
  Ferrysburg History
  1882 Spring Lake Township History
  Motor and Sail Boat Racing on Spring Lake
   

• Tallmadge Township - This township office has a large collection of information put together by Loekie Boersma with indexes for all the categories.  You may visit the office and ask to be directed to the room that holds these records.
  History of Tallmadge Township
  1882 Tallmadge Township History
  Tallmadge Tp. Bonded Officers, 1863-1874, 1899
  1854 Annual Town Meeting
  Tallmadge Tp. Poll Lists, 1854, 1855, 1867, 1884
  Tallmadge Tp. Mortgages, 1855-1873
  Tallmadge Tp. Voters Registry, 1859-1882    A - F,   G - M,   N - S,   T - Z
  Tallmadge Tp. Oaths of Office from 1840 Record Book
   

• Wright Township
  1882 Wright Township History
  Centennial History
  Sparrow Bounty, 1892-93, 1900-02
  Rat Bounty, 1921-22
  Predator Bounty, 1884-85
  Township Burials, 1897-1953
  Wright Tp. Tax Assessments, 1848-1868
  List of Civil War Soldiers
  1856 List of Voters
  Death Records, 1897-1952
  Wright Township Hall
  Wright Tp. Land Owners, 1848-1858
   

• Zeeland Township
  Zeeland Taxpayers Surnames for 1852 
  Beaverdam General Store Destroyed by Fire
  1882 Zeeland Town and Township History
   

• Bordering Towns and Townships of Allegan County

• Laketon Township
  Graafschap - Article on the Early Settlers and Their Names

• Saugatuck Township
  Douglas - The Fruit Basket Factory

Created: August 2002
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