Newaygo, Michigan

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Newaygo is a city in Newaygo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,670 at the 2000 census. The character of the town is quite rural.

Newaygo’s recorded history goes back to French Voyageurs or Coureur des bois, that is, explorers and trappers (who may or may not have been licensed), who came up the Muskegon River. It was ostensibly named after Chief Naw-wa-goo, a signatory of the Treaty of Saginaw in 1812. But see, Newaygo County, Michigan. John Brooks came to harvest lumber in 1836, and was the town’s first postmaster in 1847. Lumber and closeness to the river and Muskegon made it a center for floating logs during during the lumber boom
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newaygo,_Michigan
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Coordinates:   43°24'54"N   85°48'9"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago