* 188 km < sup > 2 </ sup > -- Beaver Island, largest island in Lake Michigan

Stokes County is divided into nine townships: Beaver Island, Big Creek, Danbury, Meadows, Peters Creek, Quaker Gap, Sauratown, Snow Creek, & Yadkin.

In 1847, a group of Mormons settled on nearby Beaver Island and established a " kingdom " led by " King " James Jesse Strang.

In 1855, the non-Mormon resistance succeeded in getting the Michigan Legislature to reorganize the County of Emmet with the islands, including Beaver Island and North and South Manitou Island, set off into the separate Manitou County, which effectively eliminated Mormons from Emmet County government.

* Gull, Hat, Pismire, and Shoe Islands, which are part of the Beaver Island archipelago, form the Lake Michigan division of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and two of them are part of the Michigan Islands Wilderness Area.

* Beaver Island is served by two airlines:

** Beaver Island Airport

* Beaver Island Boat Company maintains a regular auto ferry from Charlevoix:

* Beaver Island has a unique history, particularly because of the temporary influence of James J. Strang, who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ( Strangite ).

Strang moved his followers to Beaver Island in 1848, and they are known as Strangites.

The area of response for Station Charlevoix runs from Cross Village down to Leland, extending into Lake Michigan through Beaver Island and the North and South Fox Islands, and covers numerous inland lakes and waterways.

In addition to private planes, the airport commonly offers flights to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Beaver Island ( via Island Airways ) and the Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City.

Soon after its formation in the 1850s, Charlevoix entered into a short lived conflict with Jesse Strang, leader and namesake of the Strangite Mormons, and then king of Beaver Island.

* Beaver Island

The township is located on the southern end of Beaver Island in Lake Michigan.

The township was named for James Strang, who led a faction of Mormon settlers to Beaver Island in 1848.

The township consists of the northern tip of Beaver Island and a number of other smaller islands.

The town is located west of Orleans, Nebraska, east of Beaver City, Nebraska, southeast of Oxford, Nebraska, and north of Long Island, Kansas.

In addition to serving as president of his church, Strang also served as the self-proclaimed king of a now-defunct ecclesiastical monarchy he established on Beaver Island, Michigan, and also served 1 terms in the Michigan House of Representatives prior to his murder in 1856 at the hands of two disgruntled followers.

His Ancient and Modern Michimilimackinac was published by the Smithsonian Institution, and remained the definitive work of Beaver Island flora and fauna for nearly a century.

* Beaver Island Parkway, North-South Parkway from I-190 to Beaver Island State Park.

* Harmony Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

* Beaver Township

* Beaver Lake: in Berlin Township

* Beaver Creek Township

Donovan is a village in Beaver Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.

Morocco is a town in Beaver Township, Newton County, Indiana, United States.

Beaver is a city in Amaqua Township, Boone County, Iowa, United States.

Beaver Township is a civil township of Bay County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Beaver Creek Township is a civil township of Crawford County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Beaver Township is a civil township of Newaygo County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

A small area in the southwest corner is drained by Beaver Creek, which flows mostly south into Deer Creek just about a mile before Deer Creek enters the Grand River in Polkton Township.

The Roscommon post office, with ZIP code 48653, also serves the northern portion of Higgins Township, as well as all of Gerrish Township to the west, most of Lyon Township to the west of Gerrish, and smaller portions of Lake Township to the south of Lyon, Markey Township to the south of Gerrish, Au Sable Township to the east of Higgins and also the southern portions of South Branch Township and Beaver Creek Township to the north in Crawford County.

Beaver Township is a township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.

* Beaver Township ( north )

* Beaver Township ( east )

* Beaver Township ( south )

* Beaver Township ( southeast )

* Beaver Township ( northeast )

* Died: Adrian Stokes, 70, British writer, painter and art critic ; and Bob Mosher, 57, sitcom writer ( Leave it To Beaver, The Munsters )

Rapp and his group of believers began meeting in Iptengen and eventually emigrated to the United States, where they established three communities: Harmony, Butler County, Pennsylvania ; Harmony ( later named New Harmony ), Posey County, Indiana ; and Economy, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

* Federal Writers ' Project ( Beaver County, PA ).

Category: People from Beaver County, Utah

The principal streams draining the southern part of the County include Beaver Swamp Brook, Blind Brook, Bronx River, Hutchinson River, Mamaroneck River, Saw Mill River, Sheldrake River, Stephenson Brook and Tibbetts Brook.

* Beaver County, Utah-( northwest )

* Beaver County, Utah: ( north )

* Beaver County, Utah-( south )

* Beaver County, Utah-( west )

* Beaver County, Utah-( west 2 )

The lowest point in the state of Utah is located in the Beaver Dam Wash in Washington County, where it ( seasonally ) flows out of Utah and into Arizona.

* Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness ( BLM ) mostly in Mohave County, AZ

* Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness ( BLM ) partly in Washington County, UT

* Wet Beaver Wilderness ( Coconino NF ) partly in Coconino County, AZ

* Beaver County, Pennsylvania ( east )

Penn later moved with his wife Ruth ( née Stovall ) to present-day Henry County, Virginia, where he patented lands at the later site of Beaver Creek Plantation.

* Beaver County, Oklahoma ( northeast )

* Beaver County, Oklahoma ( north )

The Pee Dee tribes ( such as the Beaver Creek Indians and the Pee Dee Indian Nation of Beaver Creek ) traditionally occupied land between the two forks of the Edisto River in Orangeburg County, and especially along Beaver Creek, as did their ancestors for thousands of years before European encounter.

Westmoreland County originally included the present-day counties of Fayette, Washington, Greene, and parts of Beaver, Allegheny, Indiana, and Armstrong counties.

* Beaver County ( north )