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Algansee Township is a civil township of Branch County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 1,974. There are no incorporated municipalities in the primarily agricultural township. The only concentrated settlement is the unincorporated community of Algansee, located at . Algansee was first settled in 1836.〔Romig, Walter. ''Michigan Place Names'' (Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig, not dated) p. 16〕 Notable people from Algansee Township include Raymond Culver, fourth president of Shimer College in Chicago. ==History== It is believed that Luther Stiles and Ludovicus Robbins were the first white permanent settlers in the territory now known as Algansee Township. Although total strangers, by a curious coincidence both moved their families into the township on the same day. The Rev. Robbins led, but became mired in the mud, and Stiles passed him, thus by an hour or so, Mr. Stiles appears to be the original settler. The township was formed from Quincy Township by the Michigan Legislature on April 2, 1838. The first township meeting and election were held at the house of Horace Purdy early in May 1838. In their petition to the legislature, the settlers suggested the name "Carlton", but the legislature, without explanation, instead selected the name "Algansee". It is thought the name was an invention of Henry Schoolcraft, who had similarly invented the names of many other Michigan counties and townships by blending elements from diverse Native American languages with other languages such as Latin and Arabic. The precise origin and intended meaning is unknown. Algansee Township assumed its current boundaries on March 25, 1846, when California Township was set off with a separate civil township government.〔Collin, Henry Park. (''A twentieth century history and biographical record of Branch County, Michigan'' ) New York, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1906. pp. 87-90〕〔Johnson, Crisfield. (''History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers'' ). Philadelphia: Everts & Abbott, 1879. pp.239+〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Algansee Township, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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