Do you know of South Grand Rapids ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about South Grand Rapids. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with South Grand Rapids.<1>

Our sources for South Grand Rapids (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of South Grand Rapids other than they indicate that South Grand Rapids would be found somewhere in Kent County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1888 and closed  in 1904.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South Grand Rapids ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about South Grand Rapids:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for South Grand Rapids - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Kent County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Kent County.