Westphalia (Michigan)
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Location in Michigan
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Basic data | ||
State : | United States | |
State : | Michigan | |
County : | Clinton County | |
Coordinates : | 42 ° 56 ′ N , 84 ° 48 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 876 (status: 2000) | |
Population density : | 292 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 3.0 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 3.0 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
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Height : | 232 m | |
Postal code : | 48894 | |
Area code : | +1 989 | |
FIPS : | 26-86120 | |
GNIS ID : | 1616225 | |
Website : | www.westphaliami.com |
The place Westphalia was in 1836 by a group of German Catholics from the Sauerland under the direction of the later Catholic Vicar General of Chicago , Anton Kopp founded.
location
The place is in Clinton County of the US state Michigan and 20 miles northwest of Lansing , the capital of Michigan.
Population development
- 1930 1,249
- 1940 1,297
- 1950 1,417
- 1960 1,581
- 1970 2,139
- 1980 2,350
Supervisors of Westphalia Township
- Antony Kopp 1839-1840
- John C. Dunnebacke 1840-1841
- Joseph Platte 1841–1842
- Antony Kopp 1842-1843
- M. McVeigh 1843-1844
- Moses Bartow 1844-1845
- William F. Dutton 1845-1846
- Moses Bartow Jr. 1846-1852
- William T. Plowman 1852-1854
- Moses Bartow Jr. 1854-1860
- Joseph Bohr 1860–1861
- Moses Bartow 1862–1863
- Joseph Bohr 1864-1865
- Moses Bartow 1865–1868
- JP Junker 1869-1872
- JH Fedewa 1873-1874
- Moses Bartow 1875–1876
- JH Fedewa 1877-1878
- William Smith 1879-1880
- Frank Noeker 1881–1882
- Peter Petsch 1883–1889
- Joseph R. Bohr 1890-1891
- Peter Petsch 1892-1894
- Josef R. Bohr 1895–1897
- Theodor Bengel 1898–1904
- Fred Belen 1904-1905
- William Smith 1905-1914
- Peter Trierweiler 1914–1928
- Eberhard Miller 1928-1935
- George P. Thelen 1935-1959
- Walter L. Thelen 1959–1974
- Francis Trierweiler 1974 -
Village President
- Aloysius Droste 1946–1957
- Greogor Thelen 1957–1966
- Elvan Pohl 1966–1971
- John Lehman 1971-1984
- Fred Martin 1984-
literature
- Of Pilgrimage, Prayer and Promise. A Story of St. Mary's, Westphalia 1836-1986 (Ed.): Westphalia Historical Society, Westphalia, Michigan, 1986