Canandaigua, Michigan

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Canandaigua, Michigan
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Canandaigua
Location within the state of Michigan
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Canandaigua
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 41°47′55″N84°14′04″W / 41.79861°N 84.23444°W / 41.79861; -84.23444 Coordinates: 41°47′55″N84°14′04″W / 41.79861°N 84.23444°W / 41.79861; -84.23444
CountryUnited States
State Michigan
County Lenawee
Townships Medina and Seneca
Elevation
1,047 ft (319 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
49235 (Clayton)
49256 (Morenci)
Area code(s) 517
GNIS feature ID622682 [1]

Canandaigua is an unincorporated community in Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [1] The community is located along M-156 within Medina Township to the west and Seneca Township to the east. As an unincorporated community, Canandaigua has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.

There was a Potawotamie village at this location. The first United States settlers arrived in the early 1830s. Canandaigua was an early milling village and important agricultural center between Clayton and Morenci. There was a post office here from April 1837 until July 1911. Until February 28, 1850, the post office was called Medina. [2]

Sources

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Canandaigua, Michigan
  2. "GNIS Detail - Canandaigua Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 3 August 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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