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Hillsdale .
Hillsdale .
5,001
1869
Holland .
Ottawa .. ..
10,490
1867
Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1847, p. 59; amended, S. L. 1848, p. 309; 1850, p. 242; 1853, p. 69; 1857, p. 205; 1859, p. 441; 1861, p. 77. Incorporated as a city, S. I .. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 238; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 933; L. A. 1885, p. 325; 1887, p. 870; 1889, p. 621, 1891, p. 1007. Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 856; revised. S. I .. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 672; amended, S. L. 1872, p. 33; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 980; L. A. 1875, p. 367; 1877, p. 70, 1885, p. 311; 1887, p. 578; reincorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 301; amended,
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Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 252; amended, S. L 1872, p. 25; L. A. 1875, p. 40; 1887, p. 214; 1893, p. 989.
Hudson . .
Lenawee. . . . .
2,178
1893
Ionia .. .
Ionia ..
5,030
1873
Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1865, p. 57; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, pp. 36, 843.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 133; amended, S. L. 1874, Vol. 2, p. 5; L. A. 1877, p. 475; 1883, p. 531; 1885, p. 441; 1887, p. 597; 1889, p. 679; 1891, p. 207; L. A. 1897, p. 224; 1899, p. 41; 1901, p. 311; 1903, pp. 12, 395, 598; 1905, p. 240; 1907, pp. 361, 431, 1065.
Iron Mountain . ...
Dickinson . ·
9,216
1889
Incorporated under general law of 1873, by vote of electors, L. A. 1889, p. 1044; legalized and amended, L. A. 1889, pp. 27, 189, 833; 1891, pp. 97, 98, 218, 569; 1893, p. 590; territory annexed by supervisors, 1908.
Ironwood.
Gogebic
12,821
1889
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1889, p. 455; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 109; rein- corporated, L. A. 1893, pp. 36, 168; reincorporated, L. A. 1897, p. 26; amended, 1905, p. 26; revised, L. A. 1907, pp. 636-98; amended July 22, 1910.
Ishpeming.
Marquette ....
12,448
1873
Incorporated as a village by the legislature, S L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 211; amended, S. L. 1872, p. 57.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 426; amended, L. A: 1875, p. 816; 1877, p. 265; 1879, p. 45; 1881. p. 388; 1883, p. 317; 1885, p. 62; 1889, pp. 15, 1012; 1891, p. 259; 1893, p. 713; 1895, p. 119; 1897, p. 654; 1901, p. 275; 1903, pp. 177, 470; 1905, p. 257.
Jackson .
Jackson . ...
31,443
1857
Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1843, p. 117; amended, S. L. 1844, p. 12; 1846, p. 95; 1848, p. 258; 1850, p. 52; 1853, p. 169; 1857, p. 6.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1857, p. 240; amended, S. L. 1859, pp. 152, 256; 1861, p. 490; 1865, pp. 86, 135; 1867, Vol. 2, pp. 960, 1030; 1869 Vol. 2, p. 653; 1871, Vol. 2, pp. 457, 1261; revised and amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 366; revised, L. A. 1875, p. 581; amended, L. A. 1877, p. 470; 1879, p. 232; 1881, p. 383; 1883, p. 407; 1885, p. 422; 1889, p. 726; 1891, p. 1013; 1895, p 105; 1897, pp. 105, 512; L. A. 1899, pp. 163, 485; revised, 1903, p. 760; revised, 1905, p. 145; amended, 1905, p. 322; 1907, pp 6, 440
Kalamazoo .
Kalamazoo . . .
39,437
1883
L. A. 1899, p. 257; 1903, p. 215; 1905, p. 420; 1907, pp. 140, 1059; amended, December 28, 1910.
Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1853, p. 89; amended, S. L. 1857, p. 17: 1859, pp. 200, 309; 1863, p. 61; revised, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, pp. 58, 1891; amended, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 877; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1262; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 807; L. A. 1875, p. 547; 1877, p. 272; 1881, p. 115; 1887, pp. 17, 78. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1893, p. 9.
INCORPORATED CITIES OF MICHIGAN.
Name of village of Bronson changed to Kalamazoo by legislature, S. L. 1836, p. 81. Village of Kalamazoo incorporated by legislature S. L. 1838, p. 158; amended, S. L. 1839, p. 8; revised, 1843, p. 42; amended, S. L. 1850, p. 250: 1851, p. 156; 1855, p. 50; 1859, p. 335; reincorporated, S. L. 1861, p. 389; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, pp. 281, 848; S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 13; L. A. 1881, p. 266.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1883, p. 677, to take effect second Monday of April, 1884; amended, L. A. 1885, p. 274; 1887, p. 532; 1889, p. 432; 1891, p. 884; 1893, pp. 1025, 1317; 1895, p. 644; reincorporated, L. A. 1897, p. 1096; amended, L. A. 1899, p. 244; 1901, p. 574; 1903, p. 586; 1905, p. 344; 1907, pp. 324, 883.
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INCORPORATED CITIES .- Continued.
City.
County.
Popula- tion, 1910.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
Lansing .
Ingham .
31,229
1859
Never incorporated as a village.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1859, p. 769; amended, S. L. 1861, p. 210; 1863, p. 152; revised, S. L. 1865, p. 418; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 49; revised, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1321; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 657; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 1284; 1874, Vol. 2, p. 3; revised, L. A. 1875, p. 160; amended, L. A. 1877, pp. 92, 287; 1879, p. 210; 1883, p. 732; 1885, p. 57; 1887, p. 843; 1889, p. 618; reincorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 1230; amended, L. A. 1895, pp. 3, 602, 654; 1897, p. 641; L. A. 1899, p. 492; 1903, p. 243; 1905, pp. 95, 1028, 1049; 1907, pp. 464, 1031; revised, September 25, 1912.
Lapeer. ..
Lapeer. .
3,946
1869
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 940; revised, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 976; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 298; amended, 1897, p. 21; 1903, p. 494. Never incorporated as a village.
Ludington.
Mason .
9,132
1873
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 163; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 801; 1877, p. 36; 1879, pp. 62, 63; 1883, p. 567; 1885, pp. 319, 326; 1893, p. 513; 1899, p. 142.
Mackinac Island .... Manistee .
Mackinac .. Manistee .
714
1899 1869
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1899, p. 377; amended, L. A. 1901, p. 17. Never incorporated as a village.
Manistique.
Schoolcraft. . .
4,722
1901
Incorporated as a city. L. A. 1901, p. 31; amended, I. A. 1901, p. 359
Marine City ....
St. Clair .. . ...
3,770
1887
Incorporated as village of "Marine" by the legislature, S. L. 1865, p. 643; name changed to Marine City, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 309; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 169; amended, 1881, p. 344; 1885, p. 296.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1887, p. 665; amended, L. A. 1889, p. 386; L. A. 1905, p. 446.
Marquette.
Marquette.
11,503
1871
Incorporated as a village by the legislature, S. L. 1859, p. 224; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 1035.
Marshall.
Calhoun.
4,236
1859
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 35; amended, S L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 639; 1875, p. 19; 1877, p. 496; 1885, p. 14; 1887, p. 117; 1889, p. 527; 1891, p. 219; 1893, pp. 910, 1179; 1895, p. 328; 1897, p. 249; L. A. 1899, p. 235: 1901, p. 116; 1903, p. 475; 1907, pp. 61 63, 327, 789, 870; amended, April 11, 1910. Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1836, p. 174; amended, S. L. 1842, p. 30; 1843, p. 164; 1844, p. 3; 1849, p. 215; 1850, p. 46.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1849, p. 402; amended. S. L. 1863, p. 380; 1865, p. 231; 1867, Vol. 2, pp. 171, 587: 1871, Vol. 2, p. 727; 1872, p. 61; 1873, Vol.
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12,381
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 369; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 242; L. A. 1879, p. 184; reincorporated, L. A. 1882, p. 23; amended, L. A. 1883, p. 419; 1885, p. 140; 1887, p. 5; 1891, p. 1; 1895, p. 155; 1901, p. 635, 1903, p. 442; territory annexed by supervisors, L. A. 1907, p. 1139. Incorporated as a village by the legislature, L. A. 1885, p. 67; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 733; 1893, p. 988.
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2, p. 305; L. A. 1879, pp. 152, 243; 1881, p. 402; 1883, p. 496; revised, L. A. 1887, p. 230; amended, L. A. 1889, p. 1024; 1893, p. 1063.
Incorporated as a village by the legislature, S. L. 1865, p 214; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 93.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1875, p. 113; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 565; · 1901, p. 269; amended, L. A. 1907, p. 483.
McBain .
Missaukee . . . .
546
1907
Menominee
Menominee . . .
10,507
1883
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1883, p. 156; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 576; 1893, p. 590; reincorporated, L. A. 1901, p. 489; 1903, pp. 188, 406; 1905, pp. 31, 602. Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1418; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 657; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 83.
Midland.
Midland.
2,527
1887
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1887. p. 76; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 975; 1893, pp. 109, 976; 1905, p. 601.
Monroe ..
Monroe.
6,893
1837
Incorporated by the legislative council, Ter. Laws, Vol. 2, p. 356; amended, Ter. Laws, Vol. 4, p. 141.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1837, p. 243; amended, S. L. 1838, p. 236; 1839, p. 12; 1840, pp. 37, 171; 1842, p. 73; 1843, p. 25; part of plat vacated, S. L. 1846, p. 33; amended, S. L. 1847, p. 80; 1848, pp. 46, 86; 1849, p. 203; 1851, p. 57; 1855, p. 352; 1859, p. 520; 1867, Vol. 2, p. 823; 1869, Vol. 3, p. 923; re- vised, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1073; amended, S. L. 1872, p. 21; reincorporated, 1874, Vol. 2, p. 1.
Mt. Clemens . ....
Macomb.
7,707
1879
Incorporated as a village by the legislature, S. L. 1837, p. 61; again incorporated S. L. 1851, p. 94; amended, S. L. 1853, p. 86; 1863, p. 129; 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1073; 1873, p 16; L. A. 1875, p. 464.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1879, p. 48; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 35; L. A. 1899, p. 56; 1903, p. 522; L. A. 1905, pp. 81, 265, 382; L. A. 1907, pp. 507, 509, 725, 998.
Mt. Pleasant.
Isabella . . .
3,972
1889
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1875, p. 533.
Muskegon .
Muskegon . . .
24,062
1869
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1889, p. 389; revised, I .. A. 1891. p. 427; amended, L. A. 1893, pp. 12, 708; 1903, p. 658, see L. A. 1907, p. 1003. Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1861, p. 493; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 220.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1184; revised, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 873; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1396; revised, L. A. 1875, p. 253; amended, L. A. 1879, p. 192; 1883, p. 646; 1885, p. 246; revised, L. A. 1887, p. 299; amended, L. A. 1889, p. 83; 1891, p. 574; 1893, p. 511; territory detached, L. A. 1895, p. 76; reincorporated, L. A. 1895, p. 821; amended, L. A. 1897, p. 268; 1901, p. 126.
Muskegon Heights. .
Muskegon . . . .
1,690
1903
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1891, p. 683; territory detached, L. A. 1899, p. 132; amended, 1901, p. 7.
Incorporated as a city by the legislature, March 23, 1903, L. A. 1903, p. 78; amended 1905, p. 492; 1907, pp. 57, 498.
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Mason .. .
Ingham .. . ..
1,742
1875
Incorporated as a village by the legislature, L. A. 1893, pp. 151, 985. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1907, pp. 95-9. Never incorporated as a village.
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INCORPORATED CITIES .- Continued.
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City.
County.
Popula- tion, 1910.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc
Negaunee .
Marquette ..
8,460
1873
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 500; amended, L. A. 1875, p 760; 1877, p. 372; 1881, p. 111; 1883, p. 311; 1885, p. 51; revised, L. A. 1891, p : 332; 1895, p. 13; L. A. 1899, p. 128; 1905, p. 73; 1907, p. 495.
Niles.
Berrien ...
5,156
1859
Incorporated as a village by legislature, Ter. Laws, Vol. 3. p. 1363; amended, S. L. 1837. p. 101; 1838, p. 222; 1839, pp. 30, 122; 1842, p. 105; 1851 p. 195; 1857, p. 22.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1859, p. 355; amended, S. L 1865, p. 78; 1867, Vol. 2, p. 503; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 771; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 979; L. A. 1877, p. 505; 1883, p. 579; 1889, p. 72; 1891, pp. 326, 999; 1893, p. 1320; 1895, p. 36; see L. A. 1907, pp. 734, 791, 1030
North Muskegon. . . |
Muskegon . . . .
352
1891
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1881, p. 229.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1891, p. 50; reincorporated, L. A. 1895, p. 729; amended, L. A. 1897, p. 243.
Norway .
Dickinson . . ..
4,974
1891
Never incorporated as a village.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1891, p. 669. See P. A. 1891, p. 98. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1903, p 613; amended, L. A. 1905, p. 479. Incorporated as a village by supervisors, L. A. 1899, p. 564.
Omer . .
Arenac. ..
367
1903
Onaway.
Presque Isle. .
2,702
1903
Owosso.
Shiawassee .. . .
9,639
1859
Incorporated as a city by the legislature, March 26, 1903, L. A. 1903, p. 235. Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1859, p 691; amended, S. L. 1861, p. 316; 1865, p. 92; 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1137; L. A. 1875, p. 731; 1877, p. 490; 1881, p. 259; 1885, p. 555; 1887, p. 560; 1889, p. 1007; 1891, pp. 734, 1013; 1893, pp. 163, 1074; 1897, p. 177; terr. detached 1903, p. 759; amended, L. A. 1905, p. 232. Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1879, p. 14; amended, L. A. 1887, p. 558.
Petoskey .
Emmet .. ..
4,778
1895
Incorporated as a city, L A. 1895, p. 51; amended, L, A. 1901, p. 629; 1903, p. 61; L. A. 1905, p. 451.
Pontiac .
Oakland ..
14,532
1861
Incorporated as a village by the legislature, S. L. 1837, p 133; amended, 1838, p. 85; 1842, p. 138; 1843, p. 132; 1845, p. 77; 1850, p. 188.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1861, p. 337; act relating to, S. L. 1861, p. 609; chárter amended, S. L. 1865, p. 524; 1867, Vol. 2, p. 604; 1869, Vol. 3, p. 883; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 243; L. A. 1877, p. 497; 1879, p. 246; 1881, p. 297; 1885, p 450; 1889, pp. 191, 424; L. A. 1905, p. 4; 1907, p. 105; revised February 8, 1911. Incorporated as a village by the legislature, S. L. 1849, p. 322; amended, S. L. 1855, p. 139.
Port Huron .. .. ...
St. Clair .. .
18,863
1857
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1857, pp. 51, 408; revised, S. L. 1859, p. 581; amended, S. L. 1861, p. 506; 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1470; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 729; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 128; 1874, Vol. 2, p. 2; L. A. 1875, p. 655; 1877, p. 188; 1879, p. 266; 1881, p. 386; amended and revised, L. A. 1885, p. 475; amended, L. A. 1887, pp. 850, 861; 1889, p. 197; 1891, pp. 571, 818, 1004; 1893, pp. 453, 1159; 1895,
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Saginaw. . ....
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Ogemaw .. . . .. Saginaw. . . ·
542 50,510
1905
Never incorporated as a village.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, pp. 363-6. Never incorporated as a village.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1857, p. 447; charter revised, S. L. 1859, p. 139; amended, S. L. 1863, p. 39; 1865, p. 205; 1867, Vol. 2, p. 986; 1867, Vol. 2, p. 518; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 493; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 119; L. A. 1875, p. 292; 1879, p. 226; 1881, p. 280; 1883, p. 112; 1885, p 316; revised and amended, L. A. 1887, p. 705; 1889, p. 822; consolidated, L. A. 1889, p. 885; amended, L. A. 1891, pp. 204, 388, 570, 840; 1893, p. 1192; 1895, pp. 253, 726; 1897, p. 962; L. A. 1899, p. 365; 1901, pp. 417, 685, 733, 742; 1903, pp. 175, 508, 859; revised, 1905, p. 611; amended, 1905, p. 1128; 1907, pp. 871, 961; amended, July 18, 1910. Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1885, p. 56; name changed to Sanilac Centre, L. A. 1887, p. 763.
Sandusky.
Sanilac. . .
993
1905
Sault Ste. Marie ....
Chippewa .. . ..
12,615
1887
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1879, p. 251; amended, L. A. 1887, p. 398.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1887, p. 766; amended, L. A. 1889, p. 528; 1891, p. 927; 1895, p. 347; 1897, p. 922; L. A. 1899, pp. 509, 511; 1901, p. 662; 1903, p. 416; 1907, pp. 117, 493, 959.
Scottville. .
Mason.
891
1907
South Haven.
Van Buren . . .
3,577
1902
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1889, p. 73. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1907, p. 31.
Incorporated as a village, L. A. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1619; reincorporated, S. L. 1871 Vol. 2, p. 608; amended, S. L. 1872, p. 37; L. A. 1887, p. 384; incorporated as a city of the fourth class by board of supervisors, March 13, 1902. Incorporated as a village, L. A. 1893, p. 295.
Standish .
Arenac. . . . .
828
1903
Incorporated as a city, by act taking effect March 1, 1904, L. A. 1903, p. 608; 1905, p. 1015; see L. A. 1907, p. 1092.
Stanton .
Montcalm .
1,012
1881
Name changed from "Fred ' to Stanton by legislature, S. L. 1863, p. 39; in- corporated as a village, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 83; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 141.
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Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1881, p. 38; amended, L. A. 1885, p. 78; 1889, p. 4; see L. A. 1907, p. 517.
St. Clair .. .
St. Clair
2,633
1858
Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1850, p. 219.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1858, p. 49; amended, S. L. 1859, p. 112; revised, S. L. 1863, p. 206; amended, S L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 340; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 480; 1874, Vol. 2, p. 9; L. A. 1875, p. 17; 1877, p. 467; 1879, p. 152; 1883, p. 500; 1893, p. 1077; 1897, p. 348.
St. Ignace
Mackinac. . . ..
2,118
1883
Incorporated as a village by the board of supervisors, Feb. 23, 1882. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1883, p. 46; amended, L. A. 1885, p. 144; 1887, p. 651; 1889, p. 417.
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p. 226; 1897, p. 802; L. A. 1899, p. 143; 1901, pp. 84, 342, 363, 607, 740; 1903, pp. 571, 854, 860, 890; 1905, p. 1075; 1907, pp. 1029, 1053; revised, November 9, 1910.
INCORPORATED CITIES OF MICHIGAN.
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1857
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, pp. 1145-8.
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INCORPORATED CITIES .- Concluded
City.
County.
Popula- tion, 1910.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
St. Johns. .
Clinton ..
3,154
1904
By supervisors; incorporation as a village legalized, S. L. 1865, p. 479; reincor- porated, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 131; amended, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 32; L. A. 1875, p. 12; 1877, p. 260; 1881, p. 337; 1887, p. 555; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 1183
St. Joseph. .
Berrien. .
5,936
1891
Incorporated as a city, March 14, 1904, L. A. 1905, p. 1190; see L. A. 1907, p. 533. Incorporated as a village by the legislature, Ter. Laws, Vol. 3, p. 1280; amended S. L. 1836, p. 173; 1842, p. 65; 1859, p. 271; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 1150; L. A. 1881, p. 243; 1883, p. 574.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1891, p. 934; amended, 1893, p. 1009; L. A. 1897, p. 261; see L. A. 1907, p. 793.
St. Louis
Gratiot .. . . ...
1,940
1891
Incorporated as a village by board of supervisors, under name of Pine River; name changed to St. Louis, S. L. 1865, p. 510; reincorporated, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 240; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 578; 1877, p. 432; 1879, p. 41; 1881, p. 301; reincorporated, 1887, p. 132.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1891, pp. 43, 997; amended, L. A. 1899, pp. 57, 58; 1903, pp. 22, 153; 1905, p. 1110.
Sturgis. .
St. Joseph ... .
3,635
1895
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1855, p. 356; authorized to organize under general law, S. L. 1865, p. 314; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 676.
Tawas City
Iosco.
1,061
1895
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1885, p. 460. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1895, p. 96.
Three Rivers .
St. Joseph ....
5,072
1895
Incorporated as a village by the legislature, S. L. 1855, p. 403; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 692; S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 664; S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 20; L. A. 1879, p. 89; 1881, p. 207; 1887, p. 582; 1889, p. 846: 1891, p 1017.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1895, p. 506; amended, L. A. 1897, pp. 557. 824; L. A. 1899, p. 168; 1901, p. 632; 1903, p. 9; 1905, p. 1052; 1907, pp. 128, 807, 1060.
Traverse City .1
Gd. Traverse ..
12,115
1895
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1881, p. 202; amended, L. A. 1889, p. 1018
West Branch.
Ogemaw .. ... . .
1,276
1905
Whittemore.
Iosco .. .
218
1907
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1907, pp. 18-20.
Wyandotte.
Wayne. ·
8,287
1867
Never incorporated as a village.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1867, Vol, 2, p. 187; amended, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 632; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 661; L. A. 1875, p. 678; 1877, p 447; 1883, p. 41; rein- corporated, L. A. 1885, p. 318; wards rearranged, 1903, p. 856; L. A. 1905,
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.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1895, pp. 483, 666.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1895, p. 378; amended, 1897, p. 620; L. A. 1899, p. 69; 1901, p.,321; 1903, p. 281; 1905, p. 1091; 1907, p. 927.
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1885, p. 4. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, pp. 87-9; see L. A. 1907, p. 790. Never incorporated as a village.
Yale. .
St. Clair. . . . .
1,223
1905
Ypsilanti.
Washtenaw .. .
6,230
1858
Incorporated as a village by the legislative council, Ter. Laws, Vol. 3, p. 954; amended, S. L. 1838, p. 131; 1841, p. 25; 1843, p. 132; part vacated, S. L. 1846, p. 33; amended, 1850, p. 298.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1858, p. 93; revised, S. L. 1859, p. 883; amended, S. L. 1861, p. 170; 1863, p. 68; revised, S. L. 1865, p. 354; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 971; 1869, Vol. 2, p. 358; L. A. 1875, p. 220; revised, L. A. 1877, p. 373; amended, L. A. 1879, p. 206; 1881, p. 309; 1891, p. 769; 1895, p. 64; 1897, p. 683; L. A. 1899, p. 139; 1901, p. 326; 1905, p. 389.
Zeeland
Ottawa .. . . . . .
1,982
1907
Incorporated as a village by the legislature, L. A. 1875, p. 490; amended, L. A. 1883, p. 660; 1887, p. 521; 1895, p. 12. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1907, p. 547.
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pp. 1064, 1204; revised March 18, 1911.
Incorporated as village of Brockway Center by legislature, L. A. 1885, p. 240; name changed to Yale, I .. A. 1889, p. 175.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, pp. 1036-9.
INCORPORATED CITIES OF MICHIGAN.
223
224
INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.
References to acts of incorporation, etc., corrected to October, 1912.
All villages are reincorporated by Act No. 3, P. A. 1895, p. 6; amended, P. A. 1897, Acts Nos. 54, 56, 63, 88, 182; P. A. 1899, Acts Nos. 39, 223; P. A. 1901, Act 33; P. A. 1903, Acts Nos. 51, 176; P. A. 1905, Act 125; P. A. 1907, Act 67.
For an act providing a commission form of government for villages, see P. A. 1909, Act 278.
Village.
County.
Township.
Popula- tion, 1910.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
Addison .
Lenawee .
Woodstock
474
1893
Incorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 20.
Ahmeek
Keweenaw .. .
Allouez ..
766
1909
By supervisors, L. A. 1909, p. 36.
Akron. .
Tuscola .
[ Akron. ..
}
*
1910
Incorporated as a village December 12, 1910.
Alanson ..
Emmet . .
Littlefield .
473
1905
Algonac.
St. Clair. .
Clay .
1,204
1867
By supervisors; charter amended, S. L. 1874, Vol. 2, p. 4; rein- corporated, L. A. 1893, p. 171.
Almont ..
Lapeer .
Almont. .
675
1855
Originally called Newbury; changed to Almont March 13, 1846 S. L. 1846, p. 26; incorporated, S. L. 1855, p. 247; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 107; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 155. L. A. 1903, p. 158.
Applegate
Sanilac. .
Washington
155
1903
Armada .
Macomb.
Armadia.
748
1867
Ashley .
Gratiot ..
Elba.
513
1887
By supervisors; incorporation legalized, L. A. 1887, p. 118; reincorporated. L. A. 1889, p. 7.
Athens .
Calhoun.
Athens.
631
1891
L. A. 1891, p. 328.
Atlanta
Montmorency
Briley.
*
1891
Incorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 838; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 401. S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 265; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 25.
Augusta.
Kalamazoo. .
? Ross. .
502
1887
L. A. 1887, p. 28.
Bancroft ..
Shiawassee . ..
543
1883
L. A. 1883, p 26; schools incorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 722.
Bangor ..
Van Buren ...
1,158
1877
L. A. 1877, p. 62.
Baraga.
Baraga ..
.
Baraga ..
1,071
1891
L. A. 1891, p. 1006.
Baroda.
Berrien. .
Lake.
248
1907
L. A. 1907, p. 330.
Barryton .
Mecosta. .. .
Fork.
411
1907
Bear Lake
Manistee . . .
Bear Lake.
504
1893
By supervisors, L. A. 1895, p. 945
Bellaire ..
Antrim ..
{ Kearney .. .
Belleville .
Wayne. .
Van Buren.
486
1905
Bellevue.
Eaton.
Bellevue ..
930
1867
L. A. 1905, p. 763; territory added by supervisors, 1907. . By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1887, p. 40; amended, L. A. 1889, p. 1005.
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
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By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1885, p. 41.
Baldwin.
Lake ..
. .
Pleasant Plains. Shiawassee.
[ Arlington.
}
[ Bangor.
.
J Forest Home ...
1,050
1891
Incorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 737.
§ Charleston.
494
1869
Fairgrove
L. A. 1905. p. 29.
S Rollin. .
·
L. A. 1907, p. 796.
Benzonia .
Benzie .
Benzonia . . . 563
1891
Incorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 487; reincorporated, L. A. 1899, p. 375. Territory added by supervisors, 1909.
Berrien Springs .. .
Berrien .. . . . . . Oakland .... .
Oronoko .. . ·
880
1867
S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 723; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, pp. 75, 252.
By supervisors; limits extended, L. A. 1883, p. 520; reincor- porated, L. A. 1885, p. 449.
29 Blissfield .. .
Lenawee . .
Blissfield .
1,474
1875
L. A. 1875, p. 116; amended, L. A. 1877, p. 30; 1883, p 426; revised, L. A. 1891, p. 902.
Bloomingdale .
Van Buren ...
Bloomingdale .
501
1881
Boardman.
Kalkaska ..
Boardman.
524
1890
Boyne Falls.
Charlevoix. .
Boyne Valley . .
325
1893
Breckenridge.
Gratiot.
Wheeler. .
595
1908
Breedsville.
Van Buren ..
Columbia. .
219
1883
Brighton .
Livingston. .
Brighton .
767
1867
S. L. 1867, Vol 2, p. 221; reincorporated, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. '96; amended, L. A. 1883, p. 21.
Britton.
Lenawee .
Ridgeway .
370
1896
Bronson .
Branch.
Bronson.
1,020
1866
Brooklyn
Jackson
Columbia.
602
1879
Buchanan.
Berrien.
Buchanan .
1,831
1863
Buckley .
Wexford. ...
Hanover ..
464
1907
Burlington.
Calhoun
Burlington.
237
1869
Burr Oak.
St. Joseph. . .
Bur Oak ..
752
1857
Byron.
Shiawassee ..
Burns.
427
1873
Caledonia ..
Kent ..
Caledonia ..
422
1888
Camden .
Hillsdale .
Camden ..
392
1899
Capac. .
St. Clair ..
Mussey. .
761
1873
Carleton.
Monroe.
Ash.
*
1912
Caro .
Tuscola ..
Indian Fields . .
2,272
1871
S. L. 1871, Vol 2, p. 6; originally as Centerville, name changed to Caro, Feb. 13, 1869; S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 53; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 28; L. A. 1883, pp. 444, 447; 1889, p. 75; see L. A. 1907, p. 486.
L. A. 1887, p. 22.
Carson City.
Montcalm . . .
Bloomer.
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