History · Dalton

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Dalton Township is a civil township of Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 9,427.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 9,300 people in 2010, 9,427 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1991.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dalton yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Before
2000
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