This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CIB.2ACI/1267.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Marie, My Ottawa County Historical Atlas and Gazetteer, published by Pavilion Press, P.O. Box 250, Douglas, MI says that the post office was established on July 30, 1862 and closed on November 14, 1902. A later subdivision on that area was called Ventura Beach. Ventura was still a town on the map in 1895. Hope that helps. Rich