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History of Manistee, MASON and Oceana counties, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1882

  [72-73]

                             TOWNSHIP HISTORY
                             LINCOLN TOWNSHIP

           This township was erected by the board of supervisors in 1861,
         but there are no records of its erection or organization. It was
         one of the early townships erected by the supervisors.
           Its present boundaries are as follows: North by Hamlin and
         Victory; east by Amber; south by Amber and Pere Marquette, and
         west by Lake Michigan. The first supervisor was EDWIN MEARS.
           The number of acres of land assessed in 1861, was 5,498.42,
         and the equalized valuation was $11,984.40. The equalized valua-
         tion of personal preperty was $5,490. The township at that time
         was much larger than at present.
            CHARLES MEARS began operations at Lincoln or Sable, as it
         was formerly called, about six years before the county was
         organized. His operations at this point and the location of the
         county seat are given elsewhere on these pages. Mr. MEARS still
         owns the mill property and a large amount of land in the township.
            What was once the village of Lincoln has dwindled down to a.
         store and a few houses about the mill. The old jail building is
         still standing, as a reminder of the days when Lincoln was the
         "shire" town of the county.
            Lincoln Lake occupies a considerable portion of the township.
         The land is for the most part sandy, and there are but a few
         improved farms in the township.
            There are two sehoolhouses, one in the eastern portion and
         one in the northwest corner of the township.
            The population of the township in 1880, was 140, and the total
         vote 25.
            The supervisor is E. N. FITCH, and the clerk is W. S. COOPER.

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