About

Why Spring Lake?
Living in the Village of Spring Lake is a special experience. The Village is a small, friendly community located just minutes from Grand Haven, Holland, Muskegon and Grand Rapids.
The Village is actually on a peninsula surrounded on three sides by Spring Lake and the Grand River. There are many public access points to the water including a municipal boat launch, canoe and kayak launches, a sandy beach with restrooms and a life guard, and fishing platforms.
The Village offers a wealth of shops and services including 15 restaurants, shops offering everything from ATV’s and hardware to fine wines and art galleries, and many services such as doctor and dentist offices, salons and spas, and automotive service establishments.
You will find a wide variety of residential opportunities in the Village. There are many single family houses of all sizes. Some are original to the Village, having been home to some of the Village founders.
The Village boasts first class schools. Holmes Elementary School and the intermediate and middle schools are easy walking distance for most of the children in the Village. With help from grants from the Safe Routes to Schools program we were able to build more sidewalks to make it even easier to ride your bike or walk to school.
History
In the early years of the 19th Century, the primary inhabitants of the Spring Lake area were Native Americans. Perhaps a missionary or trader might have ventured in from the lakeshore, but for the most part, this was a quiet wilderness.
Some of the first settlers in Spring Lake were Benjamin Hopkins, Jabez Barber, and Richard Mason, who fled Canada during MacKenzie’s rebellion of 1837. John H. Newcomb, who had helped to build and operate a saw mill in Muskegon, arrived in June 1841. He built the first frame house in Mill Point and Barber’s Mill for Jabez Barber and Richard Mason. Benjamin Hopkins also built a sawmill on Spring Lake in 1845.
Presidents of the Village of Spring Lake
- 1869-1870 Hannibal A. Hopkins
- 1871 Allen C. Adsit
- 1872 Timothy Hall
- 1873 Martin Walsh
- 1874 Hunter Savidge
- 1875 Henry Cliff
- 1876 Aloys Bilz
- 1877 Robert A. Haire
- 1878 George D. Sisson
- 1879-1885 Thomas Savidge
- 1886 Herman F. Harbeck
- 1887-1888 Thomas Savidge
- 1889-1890 John B. Perham
- 1891 Martin Walsh
- 1892 Aloys Bilz
- 1893 Lucius Lyman
- 1894 Aloys Bilz
- 1895-1896 Thomas Savidge
- 1897 George P. Savidge
- 1898 Alexander Wood
- 1899-1901 Aloys Bilz
- 1902-1907 David M. Cline
- 1908-1910 Aloys Bilz
- 1911-1915 George S. Christman
- 1916-1917 Thomas Hammond
- 1918-1922 William A. Bilz
- 1923-1924 Frank Scholten
- 1925-1931 David M. Cline
- 1932 George S. Christman
- 1933-1938 William A. Hammond
- 1939-1944 John VanderZwaag
- 1945-1948 Claude E. Voss
- 1949-1953 Preston W. Bilz
- 1954-1956 George Smith
- 1956-1958 Clare Broman
- 1959-1962 James W. Oakes II
- 1963-1968 Dr. R. J. Kamper
- 1969-1974 John F. Mastenbrook
- 1974-1976 Vernon T. Nephew
- 1976-1978 Simon Workman
- 1978-1983 George Donner
- 1983-1987 James Christman
- 1987-1990 Fredrick Peterson
- 1990-1996 Victoria Verplank
- 1996-2001 Louis Draeger
- 2002-2006 Dan Keller
- 2006-2011 William Filber
- 2012-2016 James MacLachlan
- 2017 Joyce Hatton
- 2017- Mark Powers
Meetings & Events
Monday, October 2nd - 7:00 pm
Barber School
Wednesday, October 4th
Monday, October 9th - 7:00 pm
Spring Lake Village Hall
Tuesday, October 10th - 7:00 pm
Barber School
Thursday, October 12th - 12:00 pm
Barber School