HILLSDALE  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Hillsdale county, See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

Michigan, L.S.A., about 87 m . W. by S. of See also:

• DETROIT

Detroit . Pop . (1000) 4151, of whom 300 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1904) 4809; (101o) 5oo1 . Hillsdale is served by the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• SHORE

Shore & Michigan See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern railway . It has a public library, and is the seat of Hillsdale See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (co-educational, See also:

• FREE

Free Baptist), which was opened as Michigan Central College, at See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring Arbor, Michigan . in 1844, was removed to Hillsdale and received its See also:

• PRESENT

present name in 1853 and was re-opened here in 1855 . The college in 1907-1908 had 22 instructors and 345 students . The city is a centre for a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich farming region; among its manufactures are gasoline and See also:

• GAS

gas engines, See also:

• SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen doors, wagons, barrels, shoes, See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur-coats and See also:

• FLOUR

flour . Hillsdale was first settled in 1837, was incorporated as a See also:

• VILLAGE

village in 1847, and was chartered as a city in 1869 .