Agnew, Michigan

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There was also a rural post office in Saginaw County, Michigan named "Agnew" that operated briefly in from February to November in 1875.

Agnew, Michigan is a tiny unincorporated hamlet located at 42°57′54″N, 86°10′36″W at the intersection of US 31 and M-45 in Grand Haven Charter Township of Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Agnew was first known as "Johnsville" after John Behm, who was one of the early settlers in the area in the 1860s. A post office named Johnsville operated there from 1870 to 1875. It reopened in 1878 and was renamed "Agnew" on December 23, 1887. It was platted with the name "Village of Agnew" on May 16, 1889, by Edward E. Stites. It was named for JKV Agnew, a superintendent of the Chicago and West Michigan Railway, which had a station by that name there.

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