page_title: Ada Township, Michigan
section_title: Zip codes
hierarchical_section_title: Ada Township, Michigan / Communities / Zip codes
caption_attribution_description: A scene from Ada, Michigan. Ada Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 9,882. The unincorporated community of Ada is located within the township on M-21 twelve miles east of Grand Rapids. Ada is the corporate home of Alticor and its subsidiary companies Quixtar and Amway. This image is of the Ada Covered Bridge across the Thornapple River just S of where it enters the Grand River just S of M-21. The bridge is on the List of Registered Historic Places in Kent County. Specifically, this image is of the bridge underside, from the downstream side. The truss members can be seen protruding below the sheathing.
context_page_description: Ada Township is a General Law Township within Kent County, Michigan, United States. Starting with a fur trading post of the late 18th century, the township in the late 20th century developed residential and retail areas during suburbanization around Grand Rapids. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 13,142, up from 9,882 at the 2000 census. Ada is the corporate home of Alticor and its subsidiary companies Quixtar and Amway.
context_section_description: The Ada ZIP code, 49301, serves most of the township, as well as much of eastern Cascade Township to the south, the northwest corner of Lowell Township to the southeast, small areas of western Vergennes Township to the east, the southwest corner of Grattan Township to the northeast, much of southern Cannon Township to the north, and a small area of eastern Grand Rapids Charter Township to the west. In addition to 49301, the Ada ZIP codes 49355, 49356, 49357 are assigned to specific organizations.
  The city of Grand Rapids is to the west, and the 49525 ZIP code for Grand Rapids serves a small area in the northwest corner of the township. The 49546 ZIP code for Grand Rapids serves the southwestern portion of the township. Lowell is to the east, and the 49331 ZIP code for Lowell serves a small area in the eastern part of the township.
  All but the northeastern corner of the township is part of the Forest Hills census-designated place, an area compiled for statistical purposes. This extends south into Cascade Township.
caption: The Ada Covered Bridge in the village, which crosses the Thornapple River, dates to the 1860s.
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