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Pine Grove Township is a civil township of Van Buren County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,773 at the 2000 census. ==Communities== *The city of Gobles straddles the western boundary of the township with Bloomingdale Township, but as a city, it is administratively autonomous of both townships. *Kendall is an unincorporated community and the township seat. It is located between sections 22 and 27 at . The ZIP Code is 49062. It is named for Lucius B. Kendall, who settled there in 1864 and built up a successful company producing Barrel staves from the surrounding oak forests with a steam saw-mill. In 1870, Kendall was a principal player in pushing for the construction of a railroad line between Kalamazoo and South Haven through the town, which became a station on the South Haven division of the Michigan Central Railroad. A post office was also established in 1870, in which Kendall and his associates platted the village of Kendall. The Panic of 1873 ruined many of the businesses in town, causing a decline in population from a high of about 400 to about 250 in 1880. *Mentha is a ghost town, formerly known as a major source for peppermint for the production of mint oil by the company of Albert M. Todd. It was located at . *North Lake is an unincorporated community at on the boundary with Almena Township. *Pine Grove Mills is a small settlement about a mile east of Gobles. The Kal-Haven Trail runs through the township on a generally east-west line, going through Mentha, Kendall, Pine Grove Mills and Gobles. 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「Pine Grove Township, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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