Pine Township Treasurer Misty VanGessel

Contact info: Email > pinetownshiptreasurer@gmail.com  Phone > 616-894-2860

Below is a link to the Pine Township Master Plan

Updated 12/14/2009 >>> Pine Township Master Plan

Below is a link to the Pine Township Zoning Ordinance

Updated 10/13/2016 >>> Pine Twp Zoning Ordinance

Below is a link to the Pine Township Approved Website Policies

Updated 6/14/2021 >>> Pine Twp Website Policies

Below is a link to the approved ways Pine Township could spend the ARPA funds,

>>> MTA FAQ for spending ARPA funds

Below are two links to the Pine Township LWES survey from May 2021

First link is information about the survey and data from questions 1 - 10 >>>

Results Questions 1 - 10

Second link is data in the form of a spreadsheet from questions 11, 12a, & 12b >>> Results 11, 12a, 12b

The Pine Township Board meets at 7pm in the township hall on the second Monday of each month. Any special meetings or changes will be posted as needed at the hall and on this website.

The Pine Township manages two cemeteries.

The Riverside/Langston Cemetery is located to the east of the Pine Township Hall in Langston

The West Pine Cemetery is located on Gravel Ridge Road/County Road 595, Lakeview

More data can be found at the link to Census Reporter >>> Pine Township Census Wikiwand

The township was organized on October 16th 1861. A brief early history of the township was found in a news paper article from May 12th 1955 contributed by Gerry Christiansen. The article explains as Greenville Michigan was starting to grow in the mid 1840s logging pushed development north. As cabins, roads, a saw mill and a dam on the Flat River moved north the village of Langston began to take shape. Langston was named for Daniel Lang, who operated the saw-mill for Edwin Breese. He subsequently built a small hotel, onto which he built many additions as his business grew. It finally became the largest hotel between Greenville and Big Rapids. Langston became a busy lumber center with thriving stores and the hotel. The Briggs House was also built by Benjamin Briggs, who came to the township in 1866. His hotel later became known as the Clifford House and then the Murphy House a private residence. The township was organized October 16th , 1861 and so named because of its leading variety of timber. In the 1864 census there were 38 inhabitants.