An election was held. and in April 184.2. the first township supervisor was elected. Still heavily wooded. the village of Woodland sprang to life with the building of the first businessa blacksmith shop. Connected only by paths through the woods. other businesses slowly came into being. In the late 1840s. German immigrants began to settle in the township. clearing and draining undesirable waste land and through their efforts developed some of the finest farms in southern Michigan. Many descendants of the German settlers live in the township today. The first settlers in the region saw in addition to the heavy forests. many swamps.
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