Amboy Township, Michigan
township in Hillsdale County, Michigan
Amboy Township is a civil township of Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,064 at the 2020 census.
Communities
Amboy (sometimes referred to as Amboy Center) is a historic settlement located within the township. It was settled in what was then Rowland Township. A post office named Rowland began operating here on December 12, 1840. The post office was renamed Bird on June 10, 1850 shortly after Amboy Township was established. The name of the post office was again changed to Amboy on December 28, 1855 and operated until December 14, 1903. It was also known as Drake's Corner after constable G. Drake and justice of the peace J. S. Drake.
Austin is an unincorporated community in the northwest part of the township on the boundary with Woodbridge Township at 41°44′14″N 84°41′39″W. Also known as Whitetown, it was first settled by the White family.
History
Amboy Township was formed by the Michigan Legislature on March 28, 1850 from the southern sections of Ransom Township and Woodbridge Township, which resulted in the new township's unusual shape along the state border with Ohio.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Amboy Township, Michigan” as township in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as township in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4741695. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1840, 1850 and 1855.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Amboy Township, Michigan”, its source revision and the description used here.
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- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Amboy Township, Michigan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.