Did You Know?:
Fast Facts about Spring Arbor Township

• Spring Arbor can be easily accessed from I-94 by exits 133 & 136
• Spring Arbor is within 50 miles of Lansing and Ann Arbor, within 90 miles of Detroit and within 210 miles of Chicago
• There are 69.58 miles of paved roads and 4.26 miles of gravel roads for a grand total of 73.84 miles of roads in Spring Arbor Township
• There is an elevation of 1,000 feet above sea level
• The Grand River & the Kalamazoo River run through Spring Arbor
• The population was listed as 7,577 in the 2000 census; a 9.2% increase over ten years
• The Township is a General Law township governed by the Township Board
• There are 1,242 townships in the state of Michigan
• The first post office was run out of the home on the corner of Reynolds & Sears Rd. prior to 1831 and that the records from the post office archives in Washington, D.C. list Spring Arbor as one of the first to have an established post office dating 1831.
• Spring Arbor is the home of Spring Arbor University, a liberal arts school with 2000+ students enrolled in day and evening classes
• Spring Arbor University’s Library is available to the general public and is open every day
• Spring Arbor has playgrounds and facilities for baseball, tennis, boating, swimming, water skiing, fishing and picnicking
• The largest Pottawatomi Indian encampment in Jackson County was located here (Falling Waters)
• There is a very large retirement center including apartment housing and a nursing home
• There is a Department of Aging Nutrition Site
• The Spring Arbor Senior Center offers many activities for the senior citizens in the Township to participate in
• The Senior Center offers a great weekday lunch program often featuring guest speakers
• The Senior Center offers nutrition information specialized to its clientele and fitness classes such as “Sit & Be Fit”
• Spring Arbor hosts an annual Memorial Day Parade in May
• The reputation of the local school district creates a great demand for housing in this area, but the cost of housing is relatively moderate
• The Greater Jackson Chamber of Commerce can be reached at 517-782-8221, 414 N. Jackson St, Jackson, MI 49201