It was platted in 1872 by Alfred Chapple. Development was stimulated when the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway came through in 1870 and established a station here. Moline was first settled by European Americans in 1840. Some development extends into neighboring Leighton Township. The community lies mostly within Dorr Township but is on the eastern boundary. The two private schools are Saint Stanislaus Catholic School near Hilliards, and Moline Christian School. It has four elementary schools, including two public: Sycamore Elementary, which is part of the Hopkins school district, and Dorr Elementary, which is part of Wayland Union Schools. Dorr also has recreation programs for sports like football, basketball, baseball, and flag football. Recently Dorr added a new skatepark for the kids. Also, The Dairy Ranch has become a hotspot over the years, hosting classic car shows during the summer.
Pizza, Dick's Market, Dorr Dance Academy, and Dorr Veterinary Clinic. In the 21st century, Dorr has many retail businesses, including Subway, B.C. It is in the northeast part of Allegan County, 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Wayland and 19 miles (31 km) south-southwest of Grand Rapids.įirst known as "Dorr Centre", the community is believed to have been named for Thomas Wilson Dorr, a state legislator and leader of the Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island that sought a broader franchise of universal male suffrage in the 1840s. The first settler in the community of Dorr came in 1856, and arranged for the town to be platted in 1869. The first permanent European-American settlers in the township arrived in 1845. This area was long the territory of Algonquian-language tribes, specifically the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi.
The population was 7,922 at the 2020 census. Dorr Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the southwest of the U.S.
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