The Political Graveyard: Kent County, Mich.

Kent County
Michigan

Kent County information:

Population: 574,335 (2000); 500,631 (1990)
Land area 856 square miles.
County seat: Grand Rapids
Kent County official web site.
Capital Impact: Kent County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Kent County -- census data on population, race, economics
Kent County MIGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Kent County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

Northeast: Montcalm County
Southeast: Ionia County; Barry County
Southwest: Allegan County
West: Ottawa County
Northwest: Muskegon County; Newaygo County

The Political Graveyard:

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Selected officials of Kent County

(not intended to be complete)

John Paul (County Treasurer) Leonard D. Verdier (County Clerk) John S. McDonald (Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-08) Roy M. Watkins (Register of Probate, 1907-11) William B. Brown (Prosecuting Attorney, 1911) Cornelius Hoffius (Prosecuting Attorney, 1916-24) Earl W. Munshaw (Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-28) Bartel J. Jonkman (Prosecuting Attorney, 1929-36) Fred N. Searl (Prosecuting Attorney)

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