Kent County, Michigan

Streets running south and north on section lines:

These divisions apply to EACH township throughout the county.  Kent County is six-townships long and four townships wide.

Every township is divided within vertically by section lines.  Each township is separated from each other by a township line except the outermost townships which border a neighboring county and are divided by a county line. 

Lengthwise, South going North:

Byron            Wyoming        Walker            Alpine        Sparta    Tyrone

Gaines            Paris            GR                Plainfield        Algoma    Solon

Caledonia        Cascade        Ada            Cannon            Courtland    Nelson

Bowne            Lowell        Vergennes        Grattan            Oakfield    Spencer

The purpose of this table is to chart the the streets running south and north  along section lines for the length of the county. 

Sec 31- 30-19-18-7-6        

 Sec 32-29-20-17-8-5   

Sec 33-28-21-16-9-4

Sec 34-27-22-15-10-3

Sec 35-26-23-14-11-2

Sec 36-25-2-13-12-1

 Warning: Streets stop, start, jog, are combined, re-named, vacated, go around lakes, wind up hills. Section lines do not.

 

SW County corner                                                                          NW County corner

Byron Wyoming Walker Alpine Sparta Tyrone
Kenowa Kenowa Kenowa Kenowa Kenowa Kenowa
Sec 31-6 Sec 31-6 Sec 31- 6 Sec 31-6 Sec 31- 6 Sec 31-6
Wilson Wilson* Kinney Fruit Ridge Fruit Ridge Fruit Ridge
Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5
Ivan Rest Ivan Rest Maynard Peach Ridge Peach Ridge Peach Ridge
Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4
Byron Center Byron Center Oakleigh Walker Laub/Phelps Tyrone
Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 343
Burlingame Burlingame Bristol Sparta Sparta Sparta
Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2
Clyde Park Clyde Park Straight/Alpine Alpine Alpine/Paine Paine/Red Pine
Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1
Division Division Division Division Division Division

*Wilson jogs at the Grand River and becomes a 1/4 section line.

Gaines Paris GR Plainfield Algoma Solon
Division Division Division/Taylor Division Division Division
Sec 31-6 Sec 31- 6 Sec 31-6 Sec 31-6 Sec 31-6 Sec 31-6
Eastern Eastern Eastern No street Nestor/Lym Albrecht
Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32--5
Kazoo Kazoo Ball No street Pennington Trenton
Sec 33--4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4
Breton Breton Brtn/Maryland Belmont Algoma Algoma
Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3
Hanna Lake Shaffer East Beltline E Belt/Packer Estner/Hoskins Simmons
Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2
East Paris East Paris Maguire Brewer White Creek White Creek
Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1
Patterson Patterson Steketee Courtland Northland Cedar Springs

 

 

Caledonia Cascade Ada Cannon Courtland Nelson
Patterson Patterson Pat/Steketee Courtland Northland Cedar Springs
Sec 31- 6 Sec 31-6 Sec 31-6 Sec 31- 6 Sec 31- 6 Sec 31- 6
Kraft Kraft Pettis Pettis/Blakely Courtld/Ritchie Ritchie
Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32--5
Valley Thornapple Egypt Valley Valley Valley Shaner
Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33--4 Sec 33--4
Thornapple Thornapple Cramton No street Myers Lake Myers Lake
Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3
Sanborn/Buttrk Buttrick Honey Creek H C/Young Y/Farland/PL Pine Lake
Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2
No street Quiggle Giles Ramsdell Redmond Tisdell
Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1
Snow Snow Boynton Tiffany Ramsdell Keller

 

Bowne Lowell Vergennes Grattan Oakfield Spencer
Snow Snow Boynton Tiffany Ramsdell Keller
Sec 31-6 Sec 31- 6 Sec 31- 6 Sec 31-6 Sec 31- 6 Sec 31-6
Morse Lake ML/Parnell Parnell Nugent Lappley Harvard
Sec 32--5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5 Sec 32-5
Bergy/Timpson Timpson Cumbrld/MryL ML/Farmbrook Wabasis Penny
Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4 Sec 33-4
Alden Nash Alden Nash Alden Nash Corrigan Heintzelmann Meddler
Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3 Sec 34-3
Wingeier Emery Lincoln Lake Lincoln Lake Lincoln Lake Lincoln Lake
Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2 Sec 35-2
Pratt Lake Pratt Lake No street Ashley Ashley Larsen
Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1 Sec 36-1
Montcalm Montcalm Montcalm Montcalm Montcalm Montcalm

SE County corner                                                                                     NE County corner

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