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Spring Lake Area
Originally founded as the Village of Mill Point Launch in 1849, the
members of the community adopted its first Village Charter and became
the Village of Spring Lake in 1869. Although the community’s original
ties to the lumber industry have long passed, the Village serves as a
great place to live and continues to play a role in the northwest Ottawa
County’s tourism industry. The community began as a wonderful place to
live, work and play and that tradition continues today. Our community,
which lies upriver from Lake Michigan, spans 1.1 sq. miles, and has a
population of 2,514.
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Grand Haven Area
Welcome to Grand Haven, one of Michigan's featured Beach towns and a
renaissance city that has become a beacon for those looking for
simplicity in a scene of natural beauty. From its roots as a highly
commercial port-of-call for ferries and passenger liners, Grand Haven
has evolved to become a place of serene, family enjoyment, hosting
lively outdoor recreation, a thriving downtown, history, culture and
festivals on the shores of Lake Michigan and the Grand River. World's
largest Musical Fountain, boardwalk, beautiful beaches, lighthouses,
historic downtown, and more.
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Ferrysburg Area
Since incorporation as a city in 1963, work has
progressed steadily to develop the community with imagination and an eye
to the future. Adequate transportation, open land, industrial
diversification, recreational resources and substantial residential
development all serve to help underwrite and insure the Ferrysburg of
tomorrow. The groundwork of organization and planning has been laid.
With continued citizen support and participation, the community promises
sound exciting growth for many years to come.
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Fruitport Area
Captain Edward L. Craw attracted settlers to this
area beginning in 1866 by successfully raising peaches on this very
land, which at the time carried the name Crawville. Many fortunes were
made raising fruit and shipping it from the shores of Spring Lake. The
Township and village became known as Fruitport in 1869.
Fruitport Charter Township is a charter township of Muskegon County in
the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 12,533 at the 2000
census. The village of Fruitport is within the township. According
to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of
30.1 square miles (78.1 km²), of which, 30.0 square miles (77.7 km²) of
it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (0.43%) is water.
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