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Ionia
Located in
Ionia County
Southwestern Michigan
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Farmer Markets
Ionia Farmer Market
NE
corner of
W. Adams St. and
S. Steele St.
Ionia, MI 48846
(616) 527-1420
Mid-May through October
Thursday, 3:00-6:30 p.m.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Skiing &
Snowboarding
Bertha
Brock Park
2311
Bluewater Highway M 21
(616) 523-1800
Three 13 km groomed cross country skiing trails.
Ionia State Park
Local History
When established in 1831, the county was named after the
ancient Greek province. In 1833, a party of sixty-three, from Herkimer
County, NY, led by Samuel Dexter (1797-1856), who had prospected the site of the
fall before, settled here.
Erastus Yeomans became the first postmaster of Ionia, the
first post office in the county, on August 29, 1835. Mr. Dexter had the
first plat of the village made and recorded in 1841. Incorporated as a
village in 1865 and as a city in 1873.
Informational
excerpts from
Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.
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