Editing Overisel Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==

* '''Bentheim''' is a Dutch and German community that was also settled in the mid-1800s. Bentheim is found near the Rabbit River on the far Eastern edge of the Township.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* '''Drenthe''' is a Dutch community that was first settled by Jan Hulst in 1847.  His family's journey from Baltimore took six weeks when made by ox-cart in June 1847.<ref name="ReferenceB">Drenthe Christian Reformed Church Historical Web Page</ref>
* '''Overisel''' is a tightly knit community found in the far western part of Overisel Township and was settled in 1848 by Dutch immigrants consisting of only 12 families at the time. The village consists of two Churches, (Reformed and Christian Reformed) as well as a feed mill and dozens of family-owned farms.<ref name="ReferenceA">Overisel Reformed Church Historical Society</ref>