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Michigan OAKLAND COUNTY
The township of Novi lies on the north side of the base line, about twenty miles west and north from Detroit. It is in the south tier of townships, in Oakland county, within one of its western border, and is known as town 1 north, of range 8 east. It is (or was) heavily timbered with white and red oak, basswood, white and black ash, sugar maple, beach, hickory, and black walnut. The surface is slightly undulating, rising in several places into moderate hill; the soil is mostly clay loam, but there are localities where a sand loam predominates. Walled lake lies on its northern boundary, partly in Novi and partly in Commerce. The outlet of this lake runs in a southerly course through the township, and forms one of the main branches of the river Rouge. There are eleven school houses and two churches, one store, two blacksmith shops, one tile factory, two shoe shops, and one hotel, two post-offices, one sawmill, two cider mills, and one wagon shop.
The principal agricultural productions are wheat, oats, corn, potatoes, wool, apples, hay, and stock of all kinds.
Oakland Co. Michigan
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