Local History

Named for John Vogel, Netherlands-born American Civil War veteran who became the first settler here in Clam Lake Township in 1869.  In his store its post office opened on February 25, 1879, with Arie de Jong as its first postmaster. 

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

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