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Allendale Charter Township is a charter township of Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 20,708. It is a part of the Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, Michigan combined statistical area, and is an exurb of Grand Rapids, due to its major commuter routes into the city (M-45 and I-96). Allendale is located in the center of Ottawa County, bordered by Tallmadge Township, Polkton Township (City of Coopersville), Robinson Township, Blendon Township and Georgetown Township. Allendale Charter Township is best known as being home to the main campus of Grand Valley State University. ==History== The land within the current borders of the township has been inhabited by humans since at least ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE, earliest evidence suggests occupation by Goodall Focus, a Middle Woodland Hopewellian culture. At the time of European contact, Anishinaabe-speaking peoples, the Odawa and the Potawatomi lived within the current township.〔http://www.migenweb.net/ottawa/ottawa/earlyhistory.html〕 The first documented European in what is now Allendale was Pierre Constant, a French fur trader who established a trading post for John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company in 1810.〔https://books.google.com/books?id=DWN5AAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA47&ots=7-g0pnTqQa&dq=pierre%20constant%20fur&pg=PA47#v=onepage&q=pierre%20constant%20fur&f=false〕 The first permanent European settler〔http://www.migenweb.net/ottawa/twprecords/allendale/1882.html〕 was Richard Roberts, of Wales, who purchased one hundred and sixty acres along the Grand River, building a log cabin in 1842 that became known as the Half-way House, as it was situated roughly halfway between Grand Haven and Grandville.〔 Roberts established a sawmill, a blacksmith shop, a wheelwright and a store. In the winter of 1848-49, a meeting was held at the home of Alexander Milne for the purpose of drafting a petition requesting to become an organized Township, to be called the Township of Malta. Those attending the meeting, along with Milne, were James Scott, Johnson Balcom, Alexander Scott, Robert Scott, John Hanna and Henry M. Reed. James Scott drew up the township petition which was signed by all of them.〔 The petition was presented to the state legislature by state Senator Henry Pennoyer of Grand Haven. Senator Pennoyer, on his own initiative, substituted Malta with the (misspelled) ''Allandale'' after Agnes Allen, the first name appearing on the tax roll, and the widow of Hannibal Allen, son of Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen.〔(Allendale Historical Recognition Program ), p. 19〕 The spelling was subsequently changed from Allandale to the current Allendale. In 1854 the township of Blendon was organized, and set off from Allendale. 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「Allendale Charter Township, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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