Westphalia (Michigan)

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Westphalia
Westphalia (Michigan)
Westphalia
Westphalia
Location in Michigan
Basic data
State : United States
State : Michigan
County : Clinton County
Coordinates : 42 ° 56 ′  N , 84 ° 48 ′  W 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
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

  1. Antony Kopp 1839-1840
  2. John C. Dunnebacke 1840-1841
  3. Joseph Platte 1841–1842
  4. Antony Kopp 1842-1843
  5. M. McVeigh 1843-1844
  6. Moses Bartow 1844-1845
  7. William F. Dutton 1845-1846
  8. Moses Bartow Jr. 1846-1852
  9. William T. Plowman 1852-1854
  10. Moses Bartow Jr. 1854-1860
  11. Joseph Bohr 1860–1861
  12. Moses Bartow 1862–1863
  13. Joseph Bohr 1864-1865
  14. Moses Bartow 1865–1868
  15. JP Junker 1869-1872
  16. JH Fedewa 1873-1874
  17. Moses Bartow 1875–1876
  18. JH Fedewa 1877-1878
  19. William Smith 1879-1880
  20. Frank Noeker 1881–1882
  21. Peter Petsch 1883–1889
  22. Joseph R. Bohr 1890-1891
  23. Peter Petsch 1892-1894
  24. Josef R. Bohr 1895–1897
  25. Theodor Bengel 1898–1904
  26. Fred Belen 1904-1905
  27. William Smith 1905-1914
  28. Peter Trierweiler 1914–1928
  29. Eberhard Miller 1928-1935
  30. George P. Thelen 1935-1959
  31. Walter L. Thelen 1959–1974
  32. Francis Trierweiler 1974 -

Village President

  1. Aloysius Droste 1946–1957
  2. Greogor Thelen 1957–1966
  3. Elvan Pohl 1966–1971
  4. John Lehman 1971-1984
  5. 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