South Boardman is a small town in Boardman township in Kalkaska County in the state of
Michigan, with a population of 1811.
South Boardman is 8 miles south of
Kalkaska, Michigan, and 6 miles north of
Fife Lake, Michigan on US131.
It is home to 3 chruches, a
gas station and
general store, a
resturant, a
post office (zip code 49680), and a VFW hall (with our own
Sherman tank!).
At the begining of the
20th Century, South Boardman was home a
depot of The
Grand Rapids &
Indiana railroad.
Grain and
potatoes were shipped from here by railroad. The town had a population of 300 in 1884 acording to ancestry.com
Its home to 4
802.11b/g access points (two of them are mine) as of
January 15, 2006.
But enough with
stats.
There is nothing to do in South Boardman.
Some of us call it South Boredom or South
Boring.
Most weekdays you can find a group of men at the general store in the morning drinking
coffee.
We have
DSL in our area by Ace
Telephone, but the service is of questionable quality.
Charter has
cable tv service but no cable modem access.
Lots of people drive
snowmobiles all over the area.
Sources:
Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum - South Boardman
Ancestry.com Michigan Western, 1884 Directory
BrainyZip.com 49680 zip code South Boardman