Easton Township
Easton Township has installed a new election ballot drop box. Please return your ballots via mail to: 3886 Dildine Rd. Ionia, MI 48846 or put them into the ballot drop box located at the rear of the Town Hall. If you wish to hand over your ballot in person to our Clerk Breanne Rowley, please call her at 616-841-0578 or email her at eastontownshipclerk@gmail.com to schedule a time.
VOTING: The Easton Township Early Voting Site is being consolidated with all jurisdictions in Ionia County and will be located at the Ionia Community Library/Mercantile Bank location, 302 W Main Street Ionia MI 48846.
2024 General Election:
Early voting will be available daily from Saturday, October 26, 2024 thru Sunday November 3, 2024 from 8:30 am to 4:40 pm.
Election Day Voting:
Registered voters of Easton Township vote at: Easton Township Hall, 720 N Bellamy Road Ionia MI 48846 and polls are open on Election Day from 7:00 am to 8:00pm.
The Public Accuracy Test for the November 5th, 2024 General Election will be held: Saturday October 19th at 10:00am at the Easton Township Hall.
EASTON TOWNSHIP DOES NOT HAVE ZONING.
DON'T SEND MAIL TO 720 BELLAMY RD.
MAIL INSTEAD TO:
FOR THE SUPERVISOR: 1824 Stanbro Road Ionia, MI 48846
FOR THE CLERK: 3886 Dildine Rd. Ionia, MI 48846
FOR THE TREASURER: 126 Meadowlark Dr. Ionia, MI 48846
This area was originally settled by the "People of the Three Fires". They're the Algonquin speaking tribes of the Ottawa, Chippewa and Potawatomi's. The tribes sold this area to the United States with the Treaty of Saginaw of 1819.
The first settler in Easton was Alfred Cornell Sr. and his family in 1833.
Easton Township was created by the State of Michigan in 1843.
Twenty eight votes were cast in the first election in 1843.
The first people chosen to be township officials were as follows:
Supervisor, Thomas Cornell
Clerk, Sanford Yeomans
Treasurer, Erastus Yeomans
The townhall was built in 1879.
The population of Easton Township according to the 2020 Census is 3058.
The township has a total area of 28.6 square miles.
Easton Townhall
720 Bellamy Rd. Ionia, MI 48846