Limestone Township, Michigan
township in Alger County, Michigan
Limestone Township is a civil township of Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 392 in 2020.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 75.2 square miles (194.7 km2), of which 74.2 square miles (192.2 km2) is land and 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), or 1.24%, is water.
Communities
There are no incorporated municipalities in the township. There are some historic locales and unincorporated communities:
Diffin is just south of the West Branch Whitefish River and US 41 at 46°12′36″N 87°02′03″W. It was at the junction between two former railroad lines. The name was supposedly chosen for its brevity.
Ladoga is a place at 46°16′55″N 87°03′18″W. It is a former sawmill settlement on the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company. The community was named after Lake Ladoga, in Russia.
Limestone is an unincorporated community on M-67 about six miles (10 km) south of Chatham at 46°15′39″N 86°55′46″W. It was first settled in 1889. A post office was established on October 12, 1892, with John H. Johnson as the first postmaster.
“Limestone Township, Michigan” enters the record as township in Alger County, Michigan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Limestone, Township and Michigan can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7997394. Authority coordinates are 46.229, -87.017. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1889 and 1892.
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