The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1837, Captain Benjamin Hopkins purchased land in the area and built a mill. The place became known as "Hopkins Mill". In 1849, Thomas W. White and S.C. Hopkins recorded a plat with the name "Mill Point". A post office was established with that name in May 1851. In May 1867, the post office was renamed "Spring Lake", which was also the name of a station on the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway (later part of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad). The Village of Spring Lake was incorporated in 1869. The post office continues to operate, with ZIP code 49456.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Spring Lake’s history is told.
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Spring Lake, decade by decade
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Nothing in Spring Lake is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Spring Lake has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Aloys Bilz House in Spring Lake, 0.4 miles away.
Spring Lake and the nearest listed places
Closest to Spring Lake
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.