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City of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan created in 1850 Creation of streets within boundary changes. The City began by annexing four sections of Grand Rapids and Walker Townships. Early Michigan law allowed the creation of streets along township/range lines which run true unlike streets which must circumvent the terrain: hills and streams. So streets are not the actual boundaries but roughly correspond to the true boundary. 1857 Streets Annexation North to Sweet/Richmond; West to Garfield; South to Hall; East to Fuller but then rescinded. 1891 Annexation 1924 Annexation The City annexed again in the 1960's but is not covered on this website. From Article Addressing Rules From Heading Geography and the City of Grand Rapids From web site: MyCityofGrandRapids.info |
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