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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.
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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.
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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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