Berrien County MI Archives Photo Document.....1860 Maps - Dedication & Acknowledgements 1860 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deanna West cassmichigangen@yahoo.com December 22, 2008, 2:42 pm Source: Davis "Doc" Ball Collection Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/berrien/photos/documents/1860maps28060nph.jpg Image file size: 285.9 Kb Berrien County Maps & Towns 1860 Circa The following maps were donated to this site by Davis Ball and scanned for the website by Deanna Branson West. They are a reprint of a Tri-County wall Map, published by Geil, Harley and Siverd in Philadelphia in the year 1860. We have attempted to present to our viewers the best scan that we could accomplish with a grandfather'd print. It should be noted that in Berrien County has made some changes since the printing of the 1860 maps: - Hagar & Watervliet township are now part of Hagar, Coloma and Watervliet Townships - St. Joseph Township extends down into what was Royalton Township at one time. - Royalton and Sodus Townships are now Lincoln, Royalton and Sodus Townships - Lake and Oronoko Township are now Lake, Baroda and Oronoko Townships. In showing these maps of the previous township divisions, it will help researchers understand that even though a family might not have moved, sometimes when townships were redistributed; the resident might then be in a totally different township. ------------------------------------------------------------ LOCATION OF PROPERTY IN 1860 FOR BERRIEN COUNTIES BERRIEN COUNTY, BERRIEN TOWNSHIPS + TOWNS & VILLAGES - CODES BERRIEN COUNTY BE Townships BAINBRRIDGE BA BENTON BE BERRIEN BR BERTRAND BT BUCHANAN BU CHIKAMIN CH GALIEN GA HAGER HA LAKE LA NEW BUFFALO NB NILES NI ORONOKO OR PIPESTONE PI ROYALTON TR ST. JOSEPH SJ SODUS SO THREE OAKS TO WATERVLIET WA WEESAW WE TOWNS & Village CODES ON INDEX BERRIEN BN (incorporated as Berrien Springs 9n 1867) BUCHANAN BC COLOMA CL MILLBURGH ML NILES NL NEW BUFFALO NW ST. JOSEPH ST Footnote: In 1860 you will not find Benton Harbor town or City, which later became known as the twin city to St. Joseph: Benton Harbor - founded by Henry C. Morton, Sterne Brunson and Charles Hull, all had schools named after them. Benton Harbor was mainly swampland and was bordered by the Paw Paw River, through which a canal was built, hence the "harbor" in the city's name The canal was opened in about 1862. In the early 1860's , the settlement was given the name of Brunson Harbor. In 1865 the name of the settlement was changed to Benton Harbor in honor of Thomas Hart Benton, a Missouri Senator who helped Michigan achieve statehood. 1866, Benton Harbor was organized as a village Berrien Springs was originally named “Berrien”; the name given in honor of Attorney General John MacPherson Berrien. “Springs” was added in 1835 and Berrien Springs was plotted in 1831. But is wasn't until 1867 when it became incorporated. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/berrien/photos/documents/1860maps28060nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb