Barton City - Hawes Township 4705

Barton City - Hawes Township Population: 2000() 1990() Change()

Hawes Township is located in central Alcona County. This double-sized township containing 72 square miles touches the southern tip of Hubbard Lake on its northern boundary. It includes Backus Beach and Mount Moriah, where you can get a birds-eye view of this second largest inland lake in Michigan.

Barton City is contained on the township�s south side, along Jewell Lake, another popular resort and fishing spot.

The village of Lincoln can be found in the township�s southeast corner.

Hawes Township was named after Hawes, an old lumbering town that existed briefely from 1899-1908, due to the expansion of the Detroit & Mackinac Railroad there.

Barton City was also an old lumbering town, named after an early settler, Frank Barton.

It received a post office in 1912 and managed to survive because of its support from the summer resort community situated around Jewell Lake.