# Merson

Merson is a populated place in [Trowbridge Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-687d-73a0-8985-ee6a2ac04de2), [Allegan County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a13-7757-80a2-2036bd56afa0), [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa), in the [Kalamazoo River (HUC10 0405000309)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d5c-70b4-ad35-069cd39a15e7) watershed.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de50-f4e4-7724-b05c-a03c35ae0a23>

Within: [Michigan](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-57ff-7219-9e2f-cdc1b39bd0fa) › [Allegan County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a13-7757-80a2-2036bd56afa0) › [Trowbridge Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-687d-73a0-8985-ee6a2ac04de2)

Type: [geo:Feature](http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Feature), [schema:Place](https://schema.org/Place)

Location: 42.43476, -85.86613 (box -85.86613, 42.43476, -85.86613, 42.43476; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [gnis 1617718](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de50-f4e5-72bb-b4b0-48985c326bdf)
- `dcterms:type`: [populated place](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/gnisPopulatedPlace)
- `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`: [point of Merson](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de50-fae3-76ed-80e3-624c2e3a594f)
- `geo:hasGeometry`: [point of Merson](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de50-fae3-76ed-80e3-624c2e3a594f)
- **in watershed** (`bcgeo:inWatershed`): [Kalamazoo River (HUC10 0405000309)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-1d5c-70b4-ad35-069cd39a15e7)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`:
  - [evidence from https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames\_MI\_Text.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de50-f4e4-7724-b05c-a03b4cf6b91d)
  - [evidence from https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de92-16e1-7110-8258-ad752e4e7c21)
- `schema:containedInPlace`:
  - [Allegan County](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-5a13-7757-80a2-2036bd56afa0)
  - [Trowbridge Township](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-687d-73a0-8985-ee6a2ac04de2)
- `skos:prefLabel`: Merson

## Elsewhere

- [Wikidata Q122592364](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122592364) (proposed match (exactMatch))
- [USGS GNIS 1617718](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/1617718) (gnis)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.43476&mlon=-85.86613#map=14/42.43476/-85.86613) (42.43476, -85.86613)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.43476,-85.86613)
- [Source](https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames_MI_Text.zip) (prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com)
- [Source](https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer) (hydro.nationalmap.gov)

## Pointing here

- Mappings (1; `owl:annotatedSource`):
  - [exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q122592364 (proposed)](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de51-dc8e-7276-b67c-f3801442bfa7)

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Also as: [Turtle](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de50-f4e4-7724-b05c-a03c35ae0a23.ttl), [JSON-LD](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de50-f4e4-7724-b05c-a03c35ae0a23.jsonld), [N-Triples](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de50-f4e4-7724-b05c-a03c35ae0a23.nt), [HTML](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de50-f4e4-7724-b05c-a03c35ae0a23)
Cite as: Merson. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0de50-f4e4-7724-b05c-a03c35ae0a23
Release 0.1.0-rc12, graph hash a20f66b983549f220c6f061b7e40233771a06aa47a0c0aede95a2a57ee2e9553.