Michigan official directory and legislative manual for the years 1921-1922, Part 36

Author: Michigan. Dept. of State. cn
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Lansing : [State of Michigan]
Number of Pages: 956


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Zeeland .


Ottawa.


..


2,275


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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261


INCORPORATED CITIES OF MICHIGAN.


Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1885, p. 460. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1895, p. 96.


-


Incorporated as a city, October 27, 1919.


Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, pp. 87-9; see L. A. 1907, p. 790.


262


INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.


References to acts of incorporation, etc., corrected to December 25, 1920. All villages are reincorporated by Act No. 3, P. A. 1895, p. 6, (§§2565-2839, C. L. 1915), as amended. For an act providing a commission form of government for villages, see Act 278, P. A. 1909, (§§2843-2870, C. L. 1915), as amended.


Village.


County.


Township.


Popula- tion, 1920.


Incor- porated.


References to acts of incorporation, etc.


Addison .


Lenawee.


Woodstock.


416


1893


Incorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 20.


Ahmeek.


Keweenaw.


Allouez .


892


1909


By supervisors, L. A. 1909, p. 36.


Akron.


Tuscola.


Fairgrove


505


1910


Incorporated as a village, December 12, 1910.


Alanson . .


Emmet .


Littlefield .


332


1905


Algonac.


St. Clair.


Clay .


1,303


1867


Almont .


Lapeer .


Almont .


789


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.


Alpha.


Iron .


Mastodon


818


1914


Incorporated as a village, July 14, 1914.


Applegate.


Sanilac


Washington ..


177


1903


L. A. 1903, p. 158.


Armada ..


Macomb.


Armadia .


711


1867


By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1885, p. 41.


Ashley .


Gratiot


Elba .


596


1887


By supervisors; incorporation legalized, L. A. 1887, p. 118; reincorporated, L. A. 1889, p. 7.


Athens . .


Calhoun .


Athens . .


553


1891


L. A. 1891, p. 328.


Atlanta


Montmorency ..


Briley .


*


1891


Incorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 838; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 401.


Augusta.


Kalamazoo . . .


651


1869


S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 265; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 25. L. A. 1887, p. 28.


Baldwin .


Lake.


Pleasant Plains.


471


1887


Bancroft ..


Shiawassee.


Shiawassee.


529


1883


L. A. 1883, p. 26; schools incorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 722


Bangor .


Van Buren. .. . .


1,243


1877


L. A. 1877, p. 62.


Baraga. .


Baraga ... . . . . .


Baraga . .


942


1891


L. A. 1891, p. 1006.


Baroda. .


Berrien .


Lake


223


1907


L. A. 1907, p. 330.


Barryton.


Mecosta.


Fork ..


364


1907


L. A. 1907, p. 796.


Bear Lake.


Manistee.


Bear Lake.


323


1893


| By supervisors, L. A. 1895, p. 945.


.


/ Rollin .


1


[ Akron .


L. A. 1905, p. 29.


By supervisors; charter amended, S. L. 1874, Vol. 2, p. 4; reincorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 171.


MICHIGAN MANUAL.


Charleston


[ Ross ..


[ Arlington .


Bangor.


Bellaire ..


Antrim.


Forest Home .. Kearney ...


624 626


1891 1905


Belleville. .


Wayne .


Van Buren . . . Bellevue . . . .


1,035


1867


Benzonia ..


Benzie .


Benzonia .


543


1891


Berrien Springs. ..


Berrien


Oronoko.


918


1867


S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 723; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, pp. 75, 252; territory annexed, May 4, 1920.


Birmingham


Oakland


Bloomfield


3,694


1864


By supervisors; limits extended, L. A. 1883, p. 520; rein- corporated, L. A. 1885, p. 449; revised, November 7, 1917


Blissfield


Lenawee.


Blissfield


1,906


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 .


486


1881


Boardman.


Kalkaska .


Boardman .


311


1890


Boyne Falls .


Charlevoix .


Boyne Valley . .


241


1893


Breckenridge


Gratiot


Wheeler .


698


1908


Breedsville.


Van Buren .


Columbia.


140


1883


Brighton


Livingston


Brighton .


800


1867


S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 221; reincorporated, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 496; amended, L. A. 1883, p. 21. By supervisors, L. A. 1897, p. 1229.


Britton .


Lenawee.


Ridgeway .


383


1896


Bronson .


Branch .


Bronson .


1,257


1866


Brooklyn .


Jackson.


Columbia .


611


1879


Buchanan


Berrien


Buchanan .


3,187


1863


Buckley .


Wexford


Hanover .


352


1907 L. A. 1907, p. 89.


Burlington.


Calhoun . .


Burlington .


194


1869


Burr Oak


'St. Joseph


Bur Oak.


589


1857


Byron .


Shiawassee


Burns ..


376


1873


Caledonia .


Kent


Caledonia.


432


1888


Camden .


Hillsdale .


Camden . .


398


1899


Capac.


St. Clair


Mussey


791


1873


Carleton.


Monroe .


Ash


498


1911


Caro .


Tuscola .


Indian Fields ...


2,704


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.


Carson City


Montcalm.


Bloomer .


973


1887


L. A. 1887, p. 22.


Carsonville


Sanilac.


Washington ....


}


536


1887


L. A. 1887, p. 11.


*Population as a village not given.


263


INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.


Incorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 737. L. A. 1905, p. 763; territory added by supervisors, 1907. By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1887, p. 40; amended L. A. 1889, p. 1005.


Bellevue .


Eaton


Incorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 487; reincorporated, L. A. 1899, p. 375.


L. A. 1881, p. 112.


By supervisors. L. A. 1893, p. 1041.


By supervisors.


L. A. 1883, p. 404.


By supervisors; reincorporated, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 89. L. A. 1879, p. 12; boundaries changed, L. A. 1905, p. 1195. Reincorporated, S. L. 1863, p. 104; amended, S. L. 1865, p. 209; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1322; reincorporated, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 26; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 652; reincorpo- rated, L. A. 1891, pp. 102, 1035.


S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 221; amended, L. A. 1887, p. 515.


By supervisors; revised, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 408; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 771; L. A. 1881, p. 263; 1889, p. 5. S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 284; reincorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 32. By supervisors; see L. A. 1907, p. 732. By_supervisors, L. A. 1901, p. 759.


S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 66; amended, L. A. 1887, pp. 4, 42. Incorporated as a village, December 12, 1911.


§ Bridgehampton


264


INCORPORATED VILLAGES .- Continued.


.


Village.


County.


Township.


Popula- tion, 1920.


Incor- porated.


References to acts of incorporation, etc.


Caseville.


Huron .


Caseville.


385


1898


By supervisors, L. A. 1899, p. 558.


Casnovia .


Kent .


Tyrone . .


333


1875


Caspian .


Iron .


Stambaugh


1,912


1918


Cass City


Tuscola


Elkland .


1,228


1883


L. A. 1883, p. 405; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 174; see L. A. 1907, p. 706.


Cassopolis


Cass.


La Grange


1,385


1863


By supervisors ; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 550; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 891.


Cedar Springs


Kent


Nelson .


1,020


1871


Central Lake.


Antrim .


Central Lake


676


1895


Centreville


St. Joseph.


Nottawa .


701


1837


Chelsea .


Washtenaw ..


Lima.


}


2,079


Records burned in 1870. No record of original date; revised, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 866; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 62; L. A. 1875, p. 480; L. A. 1881, p. 21; reincorpo- rated, L. A. 1889, p. 9; see L. A. 1907, p. 424.


Chesaning


Saginaw.


Chesaning .


1,387


1869


Clarkston.


Oakland .


Independence.


419


1884


Clawson.


Oakland .


Troy ....


Dover . .


306


1870


Clifford


Lapeer .


Burlington


327


1891


Climax ..


Kalamazoo .


Climax ..


395


1899


Clinton .


Lenawee .


Clinton .


961


1838


Clio .


Genesee


Vienna ..


1,256


1873


Coloma . Colon .


Berrien


Watervliet .


663


1893


St. Joseph


Colon .


745


1904


Columbiaville .


Lapeer .


Marathon .


656


1879


Concord .


Jackson .


Concord


535


1871


Constantine.


St. Joseph.


Constantine. . ..


1,277


1837


L. A. 1879, p. 38. S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 545; reincorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 509. S. L. 1837, p. 45; limits altered, S. L. 1838, p. 122; amended, S. L. 1859, p. 878; reincorporated, S. L. 1861, p. 325; amended, L. A. 1879, p. 43; L. A. 1893, p. 145.


MICHIGAN MANUAL.


S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1245; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 772; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 8. By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1889, p. 210.


Incorporated, May 28, 1920.


By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 160.


Clayton .


Lenawee.


Hudson.


L. A. 1891, p. 484.


By supervisors, L. A. 1899, pp. 559-61.


S. L. 1838, p. 262; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 6; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 245; territory attached, L. A. 1907, p. 1136. S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 953; originally called Varna; changed to Clio, March 20, 1867; S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 664; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 484; 1885, p. 545; reincorpo- rated, L. A. 1889, p. 524.


Royal Oak.


*


1920


S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 512; legalized, S. L. 1872, p. 63; amended, L. A. 1877, p. 71; 1883, p. 498.


By supervisors; L. A. 1897, pp. 1222-4.


S. L. 1837, p. 54; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 61.


[ Sylvan


Incorporated, February 1, 1918.


[ Muskegon.


Casinova.


L. A. 1875, p. 532; amended, L. A. 1883, p. 530.


[ Solon . .


L. A. 1893, p. 111; amended, L. A. 1895, p. 6. By supervisors; territory detached, L. A. 1905, pp. 265, 1200


Coopersville


Ottawa.


Polkton .


914


1871


Copemish .


Manistee.


Cleon.


284


1891


Copper City


Houghton.


Calumet .


*


1917


Custer . .


Mason .


Custer .


269


1895 By supervisors.


Daggett .


Menominee .


Stephenson .


321


1902


Dansville


Ingham .


Ingham.


299


1867


By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 942 S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 242; amended, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 705.


Davison


Genesee ..


Davison .


811


1889


L. A. 1889, p. 628; amended, 1893, p. 1182. L. A. 1893, p. 719; revised, April 18, 1916.


Dearborn


Wayne ..


Dearborn


2,470


1893


Decatur


Van Buren .


Decatur .


1,270


1861


S. L. 1861, p. 521; amended, S. L. 1872, p. 8; revised, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 1128; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 485; 1879, p. 39; reincorporated, L. A. 1883, p. 17; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 154. See L. A. 1905, p. 297.


-


Deckerville


Sanilac .


Marion .


782


1893


Deerfield


Lenawee .


Deerfield


442


1873


Detour .


Chippewa .


Detour .


612


1899


Dexter


Washtenaw


Scio .


587


1855


S. L. 1855, p. 199; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 99; 1869, Vol. 2, p. 339; L. A. 1883, p. 24.


Dimondale


Eaton


Windsor


360


1906


Douglas.


Allegan .


Saugatuck


305


1870


Dryden .


Lapeer.


Dryden .


359


1887


Dundee .


Monroe.


Dundee .


1,108


1855


S. L. 1855, p. 87; amended, S. L. 1857, p. 238; S. L. 1863, p. 123; reincorporated, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1216; amended, S. L. 1872, p. 22; L. A. 1883, p. 521; 1885, p. 71; territory attached, L. A. 1895, p. 131.


Durand .


Shiawassee.


Vernon.


2,672


1887


Eagle


Clinton .


Eagle


100


1887


East Gd. Rapids.


Kent .


Grand Rapids. .


1,310


1891


East Lake


Manistee.


Manistee.


675


1912


Eau Claire .


Berrien ..


Berrien .


}


293


1891


L. A. 1891, p. 128; amended, L. A. 1905, p. 311.


Ecorse .


Wayne ..


Ecorce.


4,394


1903


Edmore .


Montcalm


Home .


772


1879


Edwardsburg


Cass.


Ontwa.


392


1912


Elberta .


Benzie


Gilmore.


588


1894


By supervisors, L. A. 1895. p. 901; name changed May 20, 1911.


Elk Rapids


Antrim.


Elk Rapids


684


1900


By supervisors, L. A. 1903, p. 927.


Elkton ..


Huron


Oliver . .


500


1897


Elsie . .


Clinton .


Du Plain .


680


1885


Emmett .


St. Clair


Emmett.


175


1883


Empire .


Leelanau


Empire.


298


1895


By supervisors.


Essexville


Bay


Hampton


1,538


1883


L. A. 1883, p. 12.


265


*Population as a village not given.


INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.


By supervisors, L. A. 1907, p. 1132. By supervisors; territory added, L. A. 1905, p. 1189. L. A. 1887, p. 8.


L. A. 1887, p. 21; amended, 1891, p. 901.


L. A. 1887, p. 389.


L. A. 1891, p. 104; territory detached, L. A. 1897, p. 80. Incorporated as a village, January 10, 1912.


[ Pipestone


By supervisors; see L. A. 1903, p. 946; territory attached April 8, 1918. L. A. 1879, p. 2; amended, 1891, p. 488; see L. A. 1907, p. 749. Incorporated as a village, April 10, 1912.


By supervisors, L. A. 1897, pp. 1226-7.


L. A. 1885, p. 40. L. A. 1883, p. 441.


S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 160; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, _ p. 1122; reincorporated, L. A. 1885, p. 14. By supervisors. Incorporated, Sept. 26, 1917.


L. A. 1893, p. 35.


S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 680; reincorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 121. By supervisors, L. A. 1901, pp. 754-5.


266


INCORPORATED VILLAGES .- Continued.


Village.


County.


Township.


Popula- tion, 1920.


Incor- porated.


References to acts of incorporation, etc.


Evart.


Osceola . .


Osceola .


}


1,326


1872


Fairgrove.


Tuscola .


Farmington


Oakland.


Fair Grove. Farmington ....


853


1867


Farwell


Clare ..


Surrey


449


1879


Fennville.


Allegan . .


Manlius.


}


547


1889


Fenton .


Genesee.


Fenton


2,507


1863


Ferndale.


Oakland


Royal Oak.


2,640


1918


Fife Lake


Gd. Traverse.


Fife Lake.


215


1889


Flushing


Genesee


Flushing .


1,169


1877


Ford


Wayne.


Ecorce.


4,294


1903


Forestville.


Sanilac.


Delaware.


.140


1895


Fountain.


Mason .


Sherman .


222


1913


Fowler .


Clinton ..


Dallas . .


472


1885


Fowlerville.


Livingston


Handy . ....


1,057


1871


Frankenmuth.


Saginaw.


Frankenmuth .. Crystal Lake.


733


1904


Frankfort.


Benzie .


[ Erin.


247


1895


Frazer ..


Macomb


Clinton.


/ Carlton.


400


1907


Freesoil.


Mason


Freesoil


210


1915


Fruitport.


Ottawa ..


Spring Lake.


*


1919


Gagetown ...


Tuscola.


Elmwood .


440


1887


Gaines ..


Genesee.


Gaines .


260


1875


Galesburg.


Kalamazoo


-


Charleston .. Comstock


692


1861


By supervisors; limits enlarged, S, L. 1874, Vol. 2, p. 5; reincorporated, L. A. 1875, p. 544; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 116; 1885, p. 37.


By supervisors, L. A. 1905, p. 1201 S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 903; amended, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, pp. 67, 625; L. A. 1875, p. 225; reincorporated, L. A. 1887, p. 14; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 385.


L. A. 1879, p. 3; reincorporated, L. A 1891, p. 218.


L. A. 1889, p. 14.


By supervisors; incorporation legalized, S. L. 1864, p. 82; reincorporated, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 780; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 206; L. A. 1879, p. 164; L. A. 1887, p. 541; reincorporated, 1891, p. 782. Incorporated, January 24, 1918. By supervisors.


L. A. 1877, p. 61; amended, 1899, p. 165; November 12, 1920 By supervisors, L. A. 1903, pp. 947-9; see L. A. 1907, p. 934.


By supervisors, L. A. 1895, p. 950. Incorporated as a village, April 14, 1913. L. A. 1885, p. 5.


S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1337; reincorporated, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 1198; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 291.


By supervisors, L. A. 1905, p. 1198. L. A. 1885, pp. 142, 337.


L. A. 1895, p. 49.


Freeport ..


Barry .


Irving .


Incorporated, July 1, 1915


[ Muskegon


Fruitport.


321


1891


Gaastra ...


Iron.


Stambaugh.


L. A. 1891, p. 131; originally called Crawville, changed to Fruitport, March 30, 1869, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1036. Incorporated as a village, September 8, 1919.


L. A. 1887, p. 207.


L. A. 1875, p. 125.


By supervisors; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 56; rein- corporated, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1576; reincorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 717.


MICHIGAN MANUAL.


[ Evart.


452


1901


[ Clyde


1,244


1885


L. A. 1907, p. 372.


Galien. Garden .


Berrien.


Galien . Garden ..


460 395


1879 1886


By supervisors; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 1077. L. A. 1881, p. 19; see L. A. 1907, p. 423.


Gaylord . ..


Otsego .


Livingston.


Pine Grove.


491


1893


L. A. 1893, p. 599.


Grandville ..


Kent.


Bloomingdale. Wyoming . . Ashland. .


799


1887


Grant .


Newaygo. .


473


1893


L. A. 1893, p. 168; amended, L. A. 1897, p. 13; territory attached, L. A. 1907, p. 1140.


Grass Lake


Jackson .


Grass Lake.


744


1871


S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1052; amended, L. A. 1877, p. 14; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 145.


Grayling . Grosse Pointe.


Wayne ..


Grayling . Grosse Point.


2,084


1870


By supervisors; incorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 176; reincor- porated, L. A. 1889, p. 863; territory detached, L. A. 1893, p. 1075; territory attached, L. A. 1907, p. 422; charter revised, May 24, 1910.


Grosse Pte. Farms.


Wayne.


Grosse Point. ..


1,649


1893


L. A. 1893, p. 1075; territory detached, L. A. 1907, p. 422; amended, August 7, 1919.


Grosse Pte. Park.


Wayne.


Grosse Point ...


1,355


190.7


Grosse Pte. Shore ..


Wayne.


Grosse Point ...


519


1911


Hamtramck.


Wayne ..


Hamtramck .. . .


48,615


1901


Hanover


Jackson .


Hanover .


350


1885


Harbor Springs ...


Emmet .


Little 'Traverse.


1,600


1881


L. A. 1881, p. 32; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 107; see L. A. 1905, p. 70.


Harrietta .


Wexford.


/ Boon . Slagle


226


1891


Originally incorporated as Gaston, L. A. 1891, p. 129; amended and name changed to Harrietta, L. A. 1893, p. 149; see L. A. 1907, p. 453.


Hart.


Oceana.


Hart.


1,590


1885


Hartford.


Van Buren


Hartford .


1,361


1877


Hersey .


Osceola .


Hersey .


284


1875


L. A. 1875, p. 568.


Hesperia.


Newaygo


Denver ..


Hillman .


400


1891


L. A. 1891, p. 867.


Hillman . Holly ..


Montmorency .. Oakland.


Holly .


1,888


1865


S. L. 1865, p. 188; revised, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 579; rein- corporated, L. A. 1881, p. 224; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 398.


Homer.


Calhoun.


Homer .


1,076


1871


S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 194; amended, S. L. 1872, p. 59; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 332; L. A. 1875, p. 549; reincorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 963.


Honor.


Benzie .


Homestead .


239


1914


Incorporated as a village, December 10, 1914.


*Population as a village not given.


267


INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.


L. A. 1879, p. 33.


Delta .


Bagley .


1,701


1881


Gobleville.


Van Buren


Incorporated, L. A. 1887, p. 135.


Crawford


2,450


1903


By supervisors; territory detached, L. A. 1905, p. 319.


L. A. 1907, p. 487; amended, June 14, 1913; October 16, 1914; territory annexed, June 21, 1916; amended, May 22, 1919.


[ Macomb


Lake.


}


Incorporated as a village, February 16, 1911.


L. A. 1901, p. 768; territory detached, L. A. 1907, p. 940. L. A. 1885, p. 73.


L. A. 1885, p. 325; territory annexed, June 27, 1919.


L. A. 1877, p. 99.


¡ Oceana.


Newfield


439


1883


L. A. 1883, p. 443.


268


INCORPORATED VILLAGES .- Continued.


Village.


County.


Township.


Popula- tion, 1920.


Incor- porated.


References to acts of incorporation, etc.


Hopkins.


Allegan


Hopkins.


*


1920


Houghton.


Houghton.


Portage.


4,456


1867


S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 1079; amended, L. A. 1877, p. 259; 1889, p. 641; territory annexed, L. A. 1893, p. 22; terri- tory annexed, L. A. 1899, p. 123.


Howard City


Montcalm


Reynolds


913


1873


S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 103; amended, L. A. 1877, p. 28; 1881, p. 261; 1885, p. 320; revised and amended, L. A. 1887, p. 87; 1893, p. 152.


Hubbardston


Ionia .


North Plains.


368


1867


Hubbell


Houghton


Torch Lake.


1,004


1903


Imlay City


Lapeer


Imlay .


1,211


1873


S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 240; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 508; act to amend repealed in part, L. A. 1877, p. 30; rein- corporated, L. A. 1885, p. 41.


Iron River .


Iron


Iron River


4,295


1885


L. A. 1885, p. 77; boundaries changed, L. A. 1901, p. 272; territory annexed, L. A. 1907, p. 104; charter amended, April 1, 1910; territory annexed, March 10, 1919.


Ithaca.


Gratiot ..


Ithaca .


1,929


1869


By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1877, p. 101; amended, 1879, p. 38; 1887, p. 78; 1891, p. 1031.


Jonesville


Hillsdale .


Fayette


1,274


1855


S. L. 1855, p. 109; amended, S. L. 1857, p. 30; 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1140; boundaries changed by supervisors, April 5, 1869; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 142; territory added, L. A. 1905, p. 1193. .


Kalkaska .


Kalkaska.


Kalkaska.


866


1887


Kent City


Kent .


Tyrone. .


428


1909


Kinde.


Huron .


lincoln .


420


1903


Kingsley .


Gd. Traverse .. .


Paradise.


350


1890


Kingston.


Tuscola .


\Koylton


}


321


1893


Laingsburg


Shiawassee


Sciota.


693


1871


Lake Ann ..


Benzie .


Almira .


67


1893


Lake City


Missaukee


liake ..


582


1887


Lake Linden


Houghton


Schoolcraft


2,182


1885


Lake Odessa Lakeview


Ionia .


Odessa . Cato.


1,246


1889 1881


'L. A. 1889, p. 12; L. A. 1903, p. 940; see L. A. 1907, p. 723. L. A. 1881, p. 99; territory detached, L. A. 1895, p. 12.


MICHIGAN MANUAL.


L. A. 1903, p. 199. By supervisors.


L. A. 1893, p. 405.


S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1179; amended, S. L. 1872, p. 55, act of 1871; repealed, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 424; reincor- porated, L. A. 1877, p. 20.


By supervisors, L. A. 1893, p. 1408.


By supervisors, L. A. 1889, p. 1046; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 1021.


By ! supervisors; boundaries changed by supervisors in 1890; incorporated, L. A. 1891, pp. 1090, 1092


Montcalm.


886


Incorporated as a village, December 20, 1920.


[ Clinton .


I ebanon


S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 155; amended, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 77; revised, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 939. By supervisors; L. A. 1903, pp. 936-8.


L. A. 1887, p. 208. By supervisors; L. A. 1911, p. 50


/ Dwight .


Kingston


/ Reader .


L'Anse. ..


Baraga ..


L'Anse .


1,013


1873


Laurium.


Houghton


Calumet .


6,696


1889


-


Lawrence


Van Buren


Lawrence


664


1869


S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 640; part of plat vacated, S. L. 1850, p. 203; amended, L. A. 1877, p. 6; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 31; amended, 1887, p. 292.


Lawton .


Van Buren


Antwerp.


1,073


1858


Leonard


Oakland . .


Addison


264


1889


LeRoy


Osceola .


LeRoy


642


1883


Leslie.


Ingham .


Leslie .


1,089


1869


Lexington


Sanilac.


Lexington


378


1855


S. L. 1855, p. 120; amended, S. L. 1859, p. 161; reincor- porated, L. A. 1887, p. 36. .


Lincoln


Alcona


) Hawes


Linden


Genesee.


Fenton


579


1871


Lisbon.


Ottawa.


Chester


1


96


1869


Litchfield


Hillsdale


Litchfield


716


1877


Lowell


Kent.


Lowell


1,730


1859


Originally called Dansville, name changed to Lowell, Feb. 4, 1857, S. L. 1857, p. 69; incorporated, S. L. 1859, p. 97; reincorporated, 1861, p. 424; amended, 1865, p. 276; 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1676; L. A. 1875, p. 573; 1885, p. 443; 1887, p. 701; 1891, p. 426; 1893, p. 1072.


Luther


Lake.


Newkirk


396


1893


Lyons


Ionia :


\ Lyons.


Mackinaw City .. .


Emmet.


Carp i ake.


679


1882


Mancelona. .


Antrim


Mancelona .


1,214


1889


Manchester .


Washtenaw .


Manchester


1,024


1867


S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 513; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 783; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 19; act to amend repealed, L. A. 1877, p. 305; reincorporated, L. A. 1879, p. 4; L. A. 1905, p. 457; territory annexed, L. A. 1907, p. 801.


Manton.


Wexford .


793


1877


Maple Rapids


Clinton


466


1881


Marcellus .


Cass .


Cedar Creek. .. Essex . Marcellus .


966


1879


L. A. 1879, p. 1.


269


*Population as a village not given.


INCORPORATED VILLAGES OF MICHIGAN.


S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 115; reincorporated, L. A. 1889, p. 372. S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 661. 1


By supervisors.


L. A. 1893, p. 397; see L. A. 1907, p. 488.


Ionia .


574


1859


By supervisors; legalized, S. L. 1859, p. 201; incorporated, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 115; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1256; L. A. 1875, p. 533; 1891, p. 995.


Cheboygan


Mackinaw


By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1883, p. 413; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 177.


L. A. 1889, p. 189


L. A. 1877, p. 446; limits extended, L. A. 1893, p. 173. L. A. 1881, p. 38.


| S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 861; originally in Houghton county; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 340; 1883, p. 662; reincorpo- rated, L. A. 1891, p. 925; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 992. Incorporated by supervisors as Calumet; amended by · supervisors, 1894; reincorporated and name changed, L. A. 1895, D. 102; amended, Feb. 13, 1899, by board of supervisors; boundaries changed, L. A. 1901, p. 773.


Originally by supervisors, Nov. 3, 1858; reincorporated S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 160; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 393. By supervisors; reincorporated, L. A. 1893, p. 1016. L. A. 1883, p. 15; territory detached, January 19, 1917 S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 996; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1249; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 952; L. A. 1877, p. 38; 1881, p. 381; 1885, p. 236; 1887, p. 116.


Gustin


173


1907


L. A. 1907, p. 707.


\ Kent ..


Sparta .


Ellsworth


INCORPORATED VILLAGES .- Continued.


Village.


County.


Township.


Popula- tion, 1920.


Incor- porated.


References to acts of incorporation, etc.


· Marion . Marlborough.


Osceola .


Marion .


708


1889


L. A. 1889, p. 11.


Lake.


Pleasant Plains.


58


1903


L. A. 1903, p. 581.


Marlett ..


Sanilac.


Marlett.


969


1881


L. A. 1881, p. 34.


Marysville


St. Clair.


[ St. Clair.


941


1919


Incorporated, December 12, 1919.


Maybee.


Monroe .


Exeter .


290


1899


By supervisors, L. A. 1901, p. 760.


Mayville


Tuscola . .


Fremont ..


652


1887


L. A. 1887, p. 9.


McBride.


Montcalm


Day .


220


1883


Mecosta. .


Mecosta.


Morton .


297


1883


Melvin .


Sanilac. .


Speaker


169


1907


Memphis ..


St. Clair


Riley .


}


452


1865


Mendon .


St. Joseph


Mendon


625


1875


Merrill ..


Saginaw


Jonesfield .


636


1889


L. A. 1889, p. 446.


Mesick . .


Wexford


Springville.


318


1901


Metamora .


Lapeer .


Metamora.


271


1885


Middleville


Barry


Thornapple


833


1867


Mikado


Alcona .


Mikado .


95


1907


Milan .


Monroe


Milan.


}


1,557


1885


Milford .


Oakland


Milford .


1,088


1869


Millersburg .


Presque Isle.


Case


243


1901


Millington .


Tuscola .


Millington.


689


1877


Minden City .


Sanilac.


Minden .


283


1882


Mineral Hills.


Iron. .


Iron River.


384


1919


Montague.


Muskegon


Montague.


845


1883


Montgomery


Hillsdale.


Camden ..


354


1906


Montrose .


Genesee.


Montrose.


522


1899


Morenci .


Lenawee·


Seneca ..


1,697


Morley .


Mecosta.


Deerfield .


336


1870


Morrice.


Shiawassee


Perry .


372


1894 By supervisors; L. A. 1895, p. 926.


Mt. Morris ..


Genesee.


Mt. Morris .. Genesee.


1,174


1867


L. A. 1901, p. 772.


L. A. 1885, p. 155.


S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 1048; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 733; L. A. 1875, p. 525.


L. A. 1907, p. 546.


L. A. 1885, p. 46.


S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1010; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, : p. 1069; reincorporated, L. A. 1881, p. 9.


L. A. 1901, p. 762.


L. A. 1877, p. 63.


L. A. 1882, p. 9.


Incorporated, January 13, 1919.


L. A. 1883, p. 442.


By supervisors, L. A. 1907, p. 1133.


By supervisors, L. A. 1901, p. 756. By supervisors; unable to find date of incorporation; special charter, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 696; L. A. 1891, p. 685. By supervisors, S. L. 1871, Vol. 1, p. 433; incorporated, L. A. 1883, p. 228; see L. A. 1907, p. 445.


S. L. 1867, Vol 2, p. 828; platted as Dover, changed to Mt. Morris, March 13, 1867; S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 327; reincorporated, L. A. 1877, p. 25.


270


MICHIGAN MANUAL.


L. A. 1883, p. 16.


L. A. 1883, p. 110.


L. A. 1907, p. 125.


{ Macomb.


Richmond


S. L. 1865, p. 230; organized under general law; reincor- porated, L. A. 1879, p. 41




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