Carlton Township Hall

Carlton Township Hall is a Michigan historical marker in Freeport, Barry County, dedicated 1982.

1908 East M-43 Highway, Freeport

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Receiving its name from Carlton Township in western New York, this area was settled in 1836 by Samuel Wickham and George Fuller. The township was formally organized in 1842. This structure, built in 1867, is recognized by the Michigan Township Association as the fourth oldest township hall in the state. A center of political and social activity, it is much the same as it was when completed and is still heated with a wood-burning stove.

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Historical maps covering this location

1832 · Ohio Pocket Map (Mitchell, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1836 · New Map Of Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1853 · Map of the surveyed part of Michigan (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1854 · A map of the surveyed part of Michigan / by John Farmer ; engraved by S. Stiles & Co. (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1873 · (Map of Barry County, Michigan) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

New Map Of Michigan, 1836, covering the location of Carlton Township Hall, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Map Of Michigan, 1836, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Carlton Township Hall

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