Deward, Michigan
Appearance
Deward, Michigan | |
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Coordinates: 44°50′26″N 84°49′36″W / 44.84056°N 84.82667°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Crawford |
Township | Frederic |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code(s) | 49733 (Frederic) |
Area code | 989 |
Deward was a community in Crawford County, Michigan that was a lumber town from 1901 until 1912. It was named for David Ward who managed to obtain large grants of Michigan land as a surveyor and then cleared the lumber from them.[1]
Sources
- Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 155.
References
- ^ Robert Conot. Detroit: American Odyssey. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1974. p. 6