Beaverton

History

Beaverton was first settled by lumbermen circa 1863 and was first known as Grand Forks, after the confluence of the Tobacco and Cedar rivers. It has been continuously settled since 1875. The town was founded in 1890 by the Donald Gunn Ross & Sons lumber company, from Beaverton, Ontario. Donald Ross became the first postmaster on February 17, 1891. Beaverton incorporated as a village on January 9, 1896 and as a city in 1903, with William Ross as the first mayor. Powers gives the first settler's name as Marvil Secord, originally from Brantford, Ontario, and who is also recognized as the first permanent settler in Gladwin County. Beaverton is known as the Plastic Thermoforming capital of the world. It was a station on the Toledo-Ludington line of the Pere Marquette Railroad.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (22.55%) is water. * This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Beaverton has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,000
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  981
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  905
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  874
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  797
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  685
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  678
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  664