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Prairie Ronde Township is a civil township located in the extreme southwestern corner of Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,086 at the 2000 census. Prairie Ronde is the birthplace of the women's suffragist Olympia Brown. ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.73%) is water. There are no incorporated or unincorporated communities within the boundaries of the township. A village named Shirland, to be located on Section 25 (near the present-day Olde Mill Golf Course), was platted and recorded in 1831, but it never developed.〔Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan place names: the history of the founding and the naming of more than five thousand past and present Michigan communities, Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X, 9780814318386〕〔Swartz (1990), p. 43.〕 Most of the township lies within the Schoolcraft zip code (49087), except for small areas in the northwest and south which are part of the Lawton (49065) and Marcellus (49067) zip codes, respectively.〔(Kalamazoo County ), Michigan Zip Code Map.〕 Surface water features include Harrison and Paw Paw Lakes in the northern part of the township. Much of the township lies within the drainage area of Flowerfield Creek, which is part of the Rocky River Sub-Watershed, itself part of the larger St. Joseph River Watershed.〔(Flowerfield Creek water quality data ), Kalamazoo County Environmental Health Bureau.〕 The Michigan Nature Association maintains a nature sanctuary along Flowerfield Creek in Prairie Ronde Township.〔(Flowerfield Creek Nature Sanctuary ), Michigan Nature Association.〕 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「Prairie Ronde Township, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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