Local History

First settled by Dr. George W. Scranton in 1835.  In that year Dr. Timothy Eastman came from Maine to Grand Haven and located near Dr. Scranton in 1842.  Some improvements had been made here and the place was called Scranton as was its post office which opened on July 11, 1838.  In 1845, Dr. Eastman organized the town of Polkton, naming it for the then president James K. Polk.  Together with his sons, Galen and Mason, he platted the village in 1855, naming it Eastmanville. 

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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