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Contents. Springwells Township, Michigan. For the Detroit neighborhood, see Springwells, Detroit. Springwells Township is a defunct civil township in Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. All of the land is now incorporated as part of the cities of Detroit and Dearborn. Springwells is also famously known as the birthplace of Henry Ford.
Nov 13, 2019 · The Hubbard family acquired this land in Southwest Detroit in 1835, in what was at the time still Springwells Township. Family scion Bela Hubbard worked as one of the new state’s surveyors ...
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Springwells Township is a defunct civil township in Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. All of the land is now incorporated as part of the cities of Detroit and Dearborn. Springwells is also famously known as the birthplace of Henry Ford.
Jan 7, 2015 · Springwells Township was created by an act of Territorial Governor Lewis Cass in 1818, and the boundaries were solidified in 1827. Here’s an old Wayne County map from an 1873 atlas. We circled ...
Springwells Township was formed by an act of the territorial governor Lewis Cass on January 5, 1818, but the boundaries were not firmly designated until 1827. The township was named for the many natural springs in the area. Earlier, French explorers had named the area "Belle-Fontaine," French for "Beautiful Fountain."
Dec 21, 2015 · The name was retained by the Americans when the area was incorporated as Springwells Township in 1818. At least three burial mounds were built on the sand hill at Springwells. Farthest to the southwest was the Fort Wayne mound.
Springwells Township is a defunct civil township in Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. All of the land is now incorporated as part of the cities of Detroit and Dearborn. It is also famously known as the birthplace of Henry Ford.
