Kearsley Township, Michigan

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Kearsley Township, Michigan
Former civil township
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Kearsley Township
Former location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 43°02′N83°44′W / 43.033°N 83.733°W / 43.033; -83.733
Country United States
State Michigan
County Genesee
Organized1839
Dissolved1843
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)

The Township of Kearsley was a civil township in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan organized April 19, 1839 from part of then Flint Township of its Township 7 north of range 7 sections 1-5 and 8-17. [1] This is approximately the area encompassed today by N. Saginaw St. to the east, W. Pasadena Ave. to the north, west of Dye Rd. to the west, and Corunna Rd. to the south.

Major Jonathan Kearsley was receiver in the United States land office in Detroit in the early 1800s from which all land in Genesee County was sold until 1836 when a Flint land office was opened. Kearsley Creek, Kearsley Community Schools, [2] and one of the principal Flint city streets was named after him. [3] Kearsley was given its own post office on August 25, 1841 with its initial postmaster Ogden Carke. [4] The state legislature merged Kearsley Township back into Flint Township on March 7, 1843. [1] Later, the Township's territory was absorbed into Genesee and Burton Townships and some of which became incorporated into the City of Flint. [5] While the post office closed on January 11, 1867. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ellis, Franklin (1879). History of Genesee county, Michigan. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia, PA.: Everts & Abbott. p. 345.
  2. ↑ McKay, Ave'r. "Kearsley celebrates its 75th anniversary". The Eclipse. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  3. ↑ Ellis, Franklin (1879). History of Genesee county, Michigan. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia, PA.: Everts & Abbott. p. 124.
  4. 1 2 Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 298. ISBN   978-0-8143-1838-6.
  5. ↑ Wood, Edwin O. (1916). History of Genesee County, Michigan, Her People, Industries and Institutions. Michigan Historical Commission. Archived from the original on 2006-10-06. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
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