Dennis, Yup, I've got Excel. Send away. And, thanks. Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Norton" <denorton@nortondevelopment.com> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [MIWASHTE] Towns of Washtenaw County > Denise, > > I can send my entire database of these and other Washtenaw County Locations. > The database is in a Microsoft Excel Workbook. Can you open Excel > workbooks? If you do not have Excel software, let me know and I'll try to > copy it over to WORD or some other program you can use. Let me know if I > can send it to you in Excel. > > Dennis > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DEFrederick" <tfred@voyager.net> > To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:57 PM > Subject: Re: [MIWASHTE] Towns of Washtenaw County > > > > Dennis, > > Would it be possible for you to resend this list again, but with an > > indication of 'exactly' which hamlets/villages are no longer in existence > > (you can mark each one with an asterisk). I'd like to add all of this > > listing of yours to the website, too, in addition to the list of > > incorporated towns/villages in the email below, but because I'd like it to > > be as accurate as possible, I'll need clarification. > > Thanks, > > Denise > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dennis Norton" <denorton@nortondevelopment.com> > > To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 5:43 PM > > Subject: Re: [MIWASHTE] Towns of Washtenaw County > > > > > > > What you have listed are all the current, incorporated towns and > villages. > > > If you wish to also list the old hamlets and villages (some only > > > crossroads - but all known at one time or another as a hamlet or > village), > > > here are some of them. Many were thriving hamlets and some are still in > > > existence today while some have long since disappeared. All but Willow > > Run > > > and Barton Hills can all be found on the 1856, 1864 or 1896 plat maps of > > > Washtenaw County. For genealogical research, these are important: > > > > > > > > > Dixboro (Superior Twp) > > > Willow Run (Ypsilanti Twp) > > > Geddesburg (sometimes shortened to Geddes) (Ann Arbor Twp) > > > Whittaker (Augusta Twp) > > > Willis (Augusta Twp) > > > York (York Twp) > > > Urania (York Twp) > > > Bridgewater (Bridgewater Twp) > > > Spike (Manchester Twp) > > > Sharonville (Sharon Twp) > > > Pittsfield (Pittsfield Twp) > > > Superior (Superior Twp) > > > Fosters (Ann Arbor Twp) > > > Delhi (Scio Twp) > > > Scio (Scio Twp) > > > Lima Center (Lima Twp) > > > Sylvan Center (later called Sylvan) (Sylvan Twp) > > > Dover (Dexter Twp) > > > Hudson (later known as Hudson Mills) (Dexter Twp) > > > Webster (Webster Twp) > > > Whitmore Lake (Northfield Twp) > > > Salem (Salem Twp) > > > Norden (Salem Twp) > > > Rogers Corners (Freedom Twp) > > > Mooreville (York Twp) > > > Brown's Corners (Ypsilanti Twp, partly in Wayne County) > > > Rawsonville (Ypsilanti Twp, partly in Wayne County) > > > Locust Grove (Ypsilanti Twp, partly in Wayne County) > > > Clinton (Bridgewater Twp, (mostly in Lenawee County) > > > Barton Hills (Ann Arbor Twp) > > > Gravel Run (Northfield Twp) > > > Carpenter's Corners (Pittsfield Twp) > > > > > > > > > > > > In addition, there were a few Post Offices that were sometimes > identified > > > for mailing addresses or otherwise known as hamlets named after the > > property > > > owner: > > > > > > One located in Northfield Twp on the farm of R.Barker (hamlet sometimes > > > known as Barker) > > > One located in York Twp on the farm of N.B. Grave (hamlet sometimes > known > > as > > > Grave). > > > One located in August Twp on the farm of Miller (hamlet sometimes known > as > > > Miller). > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <MKShelton@aol.com> > > > To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 3:05 PM > > > Subject: [MIWASHTE] Towns of Washtenaw County > > > > > > > > > > >From the Washtenaw County Government website <ewashtenaw.org> > Washtenaw > > > > County, Michigan has Four Cities: > > > > Ann Arbor > > > > Milan > > > > Saline > > > > Ypsilanti > > > > Four Villages: > > > > Barton Hills > > > > Chelsea > > > > Dexter > > > > Manchester > > > > Twenty Townships: > > > > Ann Arbor > > > > Augusta > > > > Bridgewater > > > > Dexter > > > > Freedom > > > > Lima > > > > Lodi > > > > Lyndon > > > > Manchester > > > > Northfield > > > > Pittsfield > > > > Salem > > > > Saline > > > > Scio > > > > Sharon > > > > Superior > > > > Sylvan > > > > Webster > > > > York > > > > Ypsilanti > > > > A county map is online at < > > > > > > > > > > http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/cities_twps_villages/lg_locgovt.html/lg > > > _l > > > > > > > > ocmap.html> > > > > > > > > A search for populated places in Washtenaw County, Michigan on the > USGS > > > query > > > > site <http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form> > > > > reveals several additional names of places. Some of those names could > > be > > > > handy for genealogists. The USGS website mapping feature is useful for > > > > locating them in corresponding governmental units. > > > > > > > > Marjorie Shelton > > > > Washtenaw County Surnames: Culver, Pepper and several allied lines > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >