Add YOUR Family To This Page
History of Pentwater, Michigan, USA
Journey back in time to Pentwater, Michigan, USA
Visit Pentwater, Michigan, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.
Are you from Pentwater? Do you have ancestors from there? Tell us YOUR story!
Pentwater, Oceana, MI
Edwin R. Cobb and Andrew Rector bought the first government land here in 1849 and built their sawmill in 1853; Charles Mears came in 1856, built a sawmill and a boarding house and called his part of the village Middlesex; Mr. Cobb became the first postmaster of Pent Water on March 17, 1855, and the first supervisor when the township was organized in 1856; it was platted in 1862 and incorporated as the village of Pent Water in 1867; the spelling was changed to Pentwater on May 23, 1894...
Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More ... By Walter Romig
There is MUCH more to discover about Pentwater, Michigan, USA. Read on!
- 1895 - Pentwater
Pent'water, a post-village in Pentwater township, Oceana co., Mich., on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of a river of its own name, and at the northern...Read MORE... 
U.S. Dredge General Gillispe, Pentwater, Mich.
Postcard
M. E. Church and Resident District
Postcard- 1906
Pentwater, a banking post-village of Oceana co., Mich., on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of a river of its own name, and on the Pere Marquettte R., 15...Read MORE... 
The Walk Along the North Beach Pentwater Mich.
Postcard
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Pentwater, Michigan, USA
Pentwater, Michigan, USA
U.S. Dredge General Gillispe, Pentwater, Mich.
Postcard
Pentwater, Michigan, USA
M. E. Church and Resident District
Postcard
Pentwater, Michigan, USA
The Walk Along the North Beach Pentwater Mich.
Postcard
History, News and Stories of Pentwater, Michigan, USA
Add History/News/Story-
1895 - Pentwater
Pent'water, a post-village in Pentwater township, Oceana co., Mich., on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of a river of its own name, and at the northern... Read MORE...
-
1906
Pentwater, a banking post-village of Oceana co., Mich., on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of a river of its own name, and on the Pere Marquettte R., 15... Read MORE...
Pentwater, Michigan, USA Genealogy
Ancestors Who Were Born or Died in Pentwater, Michigan, USA
We currently have information about ancestors who were born or died in Pentwater.View Them Now (sorted by year of birth)
Ancestors Who Were Married in Pentwater, Michigan, USA
We currently have information about ancestors who were married in Pentwater.View Them Now
Not the place you are looking for? Try again!
Search for Your Family by Place
Updated: 2/6/2020 9:39:23 AM
Are you from Pentwater? Do you have ancestors from there? Tell us YOUR story!
If you'd like to be contacted by others who have ancestors from Pentwater, leave a message here!The comments you read here belong only to the person who posted them. We reserve the right to remove off-topic and inappropriate comments.