Agnew was first known as "Johnsville" after John Behm, who was one of the early settlers in the area in the 1860s. A post office named Johnsville operated there from 1870 to 1875. It reopened in 1878 and was renamed "Agnew" on December 23, 1887. It was platted with the name "Village of Agnew" on May 16, 1889, by Edward E. Stites.[2]
agnew, michigan, tiny, unincorporated, community, located, 96500, 17667, 96500, 17667, intersection, highway, grand, haven, charter, township, ottawa, county, state, michigan, unincorporated, communityagnewlocation, within, state, michigancoordinates, 96500, 1. Agnew Michigan is a tiny unincorporated community located at 42 57 54 N 86 10 36 W 42 96500 N 86 17667 W 42 96500 86 17667 1 at the intersection of U S Highway 31 US 31 and M 45 in Grand Haven Charter Township of Ottawa County in the U S state of Michigan Agnew MichiganUnincorporated communityAgnewLocation within the state of MichiganCoordinates 42 57 54 N 86 10 36 W 42 96500 N 86 17667 W 42 96500 86 17667CountryUnited StatesStateMichiganCountyOttawaCharter townshipGrand HavenElevation 1 627 ft 191 m Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT Area code616GNIS feature ID619868 1 History editAgnew was first known as Johnsville after John Behm who was one of the early settlers in the area in the 1860s A post office named Johnsville operated there from 1870 to 1875 It reopened in 1878 and was renamed Agnew on December 23 1887 It was platted with the name Village of Agnew on May 16 1889 by Edward E Stites 2 The settlement was named for JKV Agnew a superintendent of the Chicago and West Michigan Railway which had a station by that name there The successor railroad Pere Marquette Railway closed the station and in 1952 the Michigan Department of Transportation determined it was easier to move the 12 remaining buildings to allow construction of US 31 3 References edit a b c U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Agnew Michigan Potts Hiram Historical and business compendium of Ottawa county Michigan Grand Haven Potts amp Conger 1892 pp 49 50 Romig Walter 1986 1973 Michigan Place Names Detroit Michigan Wayne State University Press ISBN 0 8143 1838 X nbsp This Ottawa County Michigan location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Agnew Michigan amp oldid 1166383923, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
