Mecosta County MI Archives History .....History Of Austin Township 1883
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The Township of this name is numbered 14 north, range 9 west, Congressional 
survey, and is bounded on the north by Colfax Township, on the east by Morton 
Township, on the south by Deerfield Township, and on the west by Mecosta 
Township. Austin lies between the Muskegon and the Little Muskegon, the former 
of which just touches the northwestern corner of the township. Rising in 
Austin Township are a score of small streams, which all flow from the center. 
Those on the east flow to the east, those on the south, to the south, and 
those on the west to the west. Among the more important of these streams are 
Mac's Creek, Quigley Creek and Beaver Creek. In the northeastern corner is 
Burdon Lake. The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad passes along the western 
border, running through sections 6 and 31. The township contains no villages.

Austin was organized in January, 1869, and its first Supervisor was Jacob 
Snyder.

The population of the township according to the census of 1870, was 340. In 
1874 it had grown but a little, and had 416. By the census of 1880, it had 
doubled its population of six years before, and had 833. Its increase in 
acreage of improved land was still greater. In 1874 it had 1,089 acres, and in 
1881 it had 2,464. The equalized valuation of its real and personal estate at 
the time of its organization in 1869, was $125,727. Its present valuation is 
$267,028. Its total vote, in November, 1882, was 56.

Additional Comments:
Mecosta County Portrait and Biographical Album, by Chapman Brothers, 1883.

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