Carlton is bounded on the north by Ionia Co., on the east by Woodland Twp., on the south by Hastings Twp., and on the west by Irving Twp.  The only natural feature identified by name on the 1860 plat map was the North Branch of the Thornapple River, which ran diagonally from Woodland Twp. through Carlton sections 13, 23, and 27, ending in a chain of lakes.  Names of property owners are spelled as they appear on photocopy of map.  Sections are located as follows, each being 1 square mile:

Section 1:     S. B. Edwards, J. Crane, J. Austin, A. Cheney, J. Whitney, W. Vanbenscoten, D. Myers.

Section 2:     W. Cane, M. M. Woodruff, A. & O. Cheney.

Section 3:     C. Smith, W. Hannahs, S. A. Millard, D. Cushman.

Section 4:     C. H. Carrol.

Section 5:     F. Peck, J. Freeland, J. Hoyt, S. Doty, Mrs. M. Bunn, J. Fish, F. Fish, W. Hannahs, M. Fish, J. L. Lancaster

Section 6:     W. Ules, J. Frisby, W. Hannah, C. H. Carrol.

Section 7:     _. Fitch, F. Pilsbury, P. Thurber.

Section 8:     O. Vanwormer, J. M. Rogers.

Section 9:     C. H. Carrol.

Section 10:    H. Leslie, J. Runnyan, D. Yarger.

Section 11:    H. L. Huntington, W. Wickham, W. Morgan.

Section 12:    J. Van Brooklin, J. T. Aiden, W. W. Holley.

Section 13:    G. Tapley, S. Bovee, O. Tapley, J. H. Covey, J. Shaibl.

Section 14:    H. Stephenson, B. Williams, H. Kenfield, Crain Estate, J. Friend.

Section 15:    L. Vester, Wm. Vester, D. Yarger,  P. Covert, J. McCauley, D. Heater, L. N. Landon.

Section 16:    Jacob Odell, J. Carpenter, W. Cain, Jos. Odell, A. Odell, D. D. Smith, O. Smith, P. Kerstner, J. R. Smith, _. Barnam.

Section 17:    A. E. Fowler, H. Tucker, M. M. Woodruff, J. M. Rogers, I. Messer.

Section 18:    S. Sisson, Mrs. Strausburgh, H. Burd.

Section 19:    J. Freeland, T. Bear, W. J. Wooley, L. Rogers Estate, J. Haney, S. Edwards, J. Henery, J. Ellis, R. Gifford.

Section 20:    L. Rogers Estate, I. Messer, T. Titus, D. Myers, J. Vester, I. Swarthout.

Section 21:    I. Messer, E. R. Carpenter, D. Senter, A. Carpenter, A. G. Senter, H. Northrop, Mrs. Odell, W. Odell.

Section 22:    A. L. Cole, D. E. Sapp, D. Hector, J. F. Adolphus, A. L. Cole, J. R. Smith, A. McArthur, J. B. Carpenter.

Section 23:    Crain Estate, J. Friend, A. Alsbery, C. McMurry, C. Strickland, J. B. Barber.

Section 24:    B. Vanhorn, J. Townsend, L. Chamberlain, W. B. Lamb, M. Fuller, E. Wood, M. Durkee, N. C. Barnum.

Section 25:    _. Corey, Mrs. Ganes, H. A. Goodyear, O. Wellman, H. B. Barnum, H. Leslie, R. Youngs Jr.

Section 26:    J. Freeland, F. Hunt, S. C. Blood, J. H. Barnum.

Section 27:    none listed

Section 28:    N. Barlow, L. Cook.

Section 29:    S. R. Powell, E. Dryer, R. Callender, W. Gunn, W. J. Ward, S. B. Wolcot, H. Moter, H. W. Durfee.

Section 30:    P. Ryan, G. W. Fowler, H. A. Goodyear, J. Barton, M. Rouse, C. Rouse, H. A. Rowley.

Section 31:    C. Feston [?], Wheeler, W. Nadine, Hotchkiss, T. Titus, S. Nichols, Mrs. Smith.

Section 32:    A. Logan, T. Titus, J. Burger, J. Fo__[?].

Section 33:    A. Rowley, W. W. Holley, J. Thomas.

Section 34:    J. Crane, W. Button, J. Hale, S. Kenyon.

Section 35:    C. Center, R. Durkee, Kenyon Estate, A. Center, Mrs. F. Mowry, G. Baker, T. O. Aris, _. _. Barnum, D. Kenyon, J. Aris.

Section 36:    B. R. Rose, Rockwell, B. F. Nichols, J. Townsend, P. K. Barnum, Mrs. L. Sprague, J. J. Fuller.

[transcribed by Lynn Kenney from photocopies, Jan. 2002]