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OTTAWA COUNTY MICHIGAN







Ottawa county map

Size: 564 Square Miles
Elevation: 600-900 Feet
Physiography: Lake-Border-Plains, Hill-Lands
Growing Season: 150-170 days
Annual Precipitation: 31-33 inches
Average Snowfall: 70-90 inches
Forest Type: Maple-Beech, Pine-Aspen, Oak-Hickory
Fall Colors: Early October

The county was named after the Ottawa Indian tribe. Fur traders were the first settlers. A group of Hollanders from the Netherlands founded Holland. Lumbering and farming were the two major industries. The Grand River was used to ship logs to the sawmills. Riverboats were the main transportation between Grand Haven and Grand Rapids in the beginning, then railroads replaced that in the 1900's. Holland holds the Tulip Festival every year.

Agnew Allendale (49401) Bauer
Beaverdam Borculo (49464) Charleston
Conklin (49403) Coopersville (49404) Crisp
Dennison Drenthe (49464) Eastmanville
Ferrysburg (49409) Gitchel Gooding
Grand Haven (49417) Hanley Harlem
Harrisburg Herrington Holland
Hudsonville (49426) Jamestown (49427) Jenison
Lamont (49430) Lisbon Macatawa (49434)
Marne (49435) Noordeloos Nunica (49448)
Pearline Pine Creek Reno
Robinson Snug Harbor Spoonville
Spring Lake (49456) Tallmadge Ventura
Vriesland Waverly West Olive (49460)
Wright Zeeland (49464) Zutphen
Zwemer Beach blank blank





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