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Chester Township (Ottawa County, Mich.)

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009087642

Codes

n-us-mi

Variants

Chester (Ottawa County, Mich. : Township)
Township of Chester (Ottawa County, Mich.)

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/no2009087642

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cno2009087642#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Chester Township Label from public data source Wikidata
Michigan--Chester Township (Ottawa County)

Earlier Established Forms

Chester (Ottawa County, Mich. : Township)

Sources

found: Louise Boersma Collection, ca. 1991:(Chester Township, Ottawa County, Michigan)

found: GNIS, August 4, 2014(Township of Chester, in Ottawa County; 43°09ʹ43ʺN 85°50ʹ56ʺW; 2 other Chester Townships listed in Michigan)

found: Michigan Townships on the web, June 8, 2009:(Chester Township in Ottawa County, Chester Townships also in Eaton and Otsego counties) - http://www.infomi.com/township/chester/ottawa/

found: Chester Township WWW site, August 4, 2014home page (Chester Township) - http://chester-twp.org/

found: Acts of the Legislature of the state of Michigan passed at the annual session of 1848, 1848:page 56 (portion of Ottawa County set off and organized into a separate township by the name of Chester; approved March 8, 1949, effective April 1, 1848)

Editorial Notes

[Although the GNIS form is Township of Chester, consistent usage of this populated place within Michigan is in the form Chester Township. Michigan township treated as local place after consultation with Library of Michigan and LC's Policy & Standards Division]

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Change Notes

2009-06-08: new
2014-08-05: revised

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