Delta Township near Lansing in Eaton County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Delta Township / Delta Charter Township
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, September 28, 2021
1. Delta Township Marker
Musgrove Evans platted this area in 1827. The first settlers, Erastus and Sally Ingersoll and their twelve children, did not arrive until 1835. The township was organized in 1842. At the first township meeting, citizens chose the name Delta and elected Ingersolls to nine of the nineteen township offices. They also appropriated "$100 for bridges and roads" and decreed that bulls and boar hogs must be fenced in. By 1887 the area was mainly supported by farming and grist and sawmills. The clapboard township hall, erected in the mid-1870s, served the township until 1955. A combination fire chief´s residence and township hall was built to replace it on the site of the old Soper one-room schoolhouse, one mile north of the earlier structure.
Between 1940 and 1987 Delta Township’s population zoomed from 2,618 to nearly 28,000, and its state tax evaluation increased from $1.48 million to $475 million. Charter status, attained in 1962, helped fuel an explosion that gave Delta the moniker “fastest growing township in Michigan.” Local government services are now directed from this building, which was completed in 1970. As farms became residential subdivisions and apartment complexes, the township created an extensive recreation facility. The Sands
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Erected 1987 by Bureau of History, Michigan Department of State. (Marker Number L1458.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Michigan Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1842.
Location. 42° 44.487′ N, 84° 39.813′ W. Marker is near Lansing, Michigan, in Eaton County. It is in Delta Township. Marker is at the intersection of West Saginaw Highway (Michigan Route 43) and North Canal Road, on the right when traveling west on West Saginaw Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7710 W Saginaw Hwy, Lansing MI 48917, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Delta Center Methodist Church (approx. one mile away); Delta Mills Schools (approx. 1.8 miles away); Preston's Grocery - Preston's Bar (approx. 4.1 miles away); Grand Ledge 1909 (approx. 4.2 miles away); Blake's Opera House (approx. 4.2 miles
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, September 28, 2021
2. Delta Charter Township Marker
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, September 28, 2021
3. Delta Township / Delta Charter Township Marker
View from marker towards West Saginaw Highway
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, September 28, 2021
4. Delta Township / Delta Charter Township Marker
The new administration building mentioned on side 2.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 377 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 29, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
