Editing Comstock Township, Michigan (section)

== History ==
[[survey township|Township]] 2 South Range 10 West was first surveyed in January 1827 by Robert M. Clark. The first settler, William Tolland, came there in 1829 but apparently never purchased any land, despite living there for several years. In 1830, land entries were recorded for William Harris for the southwest quarter of [[section (United States land surveying)|section]] 17 and Major G. Van Dwyer for the southwest quarter of section 13 (the eastern portion of the section is now part of [[Galesburg, Michigan|Galesburg]]). In 1831 land entries were recorded for [[Horace H. Comstock]], Caleb Eldred, Thomas W. Merrill, Mumford Eldred, Stephen Eldred, Leland Lane, and others. Settling in the eastern part of the township in or near what is now Galesburg were Nathaniel Matthews, Ralph Tuttle, Sherman Cummings, George Townsend, and Nathan Cothren. H. H. Comstock, Caleb Eldred, and Cryus Lovell settled in the western part of the township near what became Comstock.

Comstock Township was organized by an act of the Territorial Legislature in 1834. Previously, it was a part of Arcadia Township (later renamed [[Kalamazoo Township, Michigan|Kalamazoo Township]]), which initially comprised all eight townships in the northern half of Kalamazoo County. In June 1832, [[Richland Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan|Richland Township]] was set off, consisting of Richland, [[Ross Township, Michigan|Ross]], [[Charleston Township, Michigan|Charleston]], and Comstock townships. On March 7, 1834, Comstock township was set off, comprising Comstock and Charleston townships and also [[Climax Township, Michigan|Climax Township]], which had been set off from [[Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan|Brady Township]]. Climax was set off from Comstock on December 30, 1837, and Charleston in 1838.<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mikalama/kalamazoo1876history.htm A Brief History of the County] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216093908/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mikalama/kalamazoo1876history.htm |date=February 16, 2009 }}, by George Torry, from the 1876 meeting of the  Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan</ref><ref name=chronology>[http://www.migenweb.org/kalamazoo/historychronology.htm Chronology of Township, Village and City Formation], Kalamazoo County, MI Genealogy and Local History</ref>

Comstock Township became a [[charter township]] in 1964.<ref name=chronology />