The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922; / Clarence M. Burton, editor-in-chief, William Stocking, associate editor, Gordon K. Miller, associated editor. [Vol. 2]

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city. It has two general stores, two churches, a stone works, and is connected
with Detroit by electric railway.
Denton, a station on the Michigan Central Railroad in the northwest corner
of Van Buren Township, has a population of about two hundred. The Jackson Division of the Detroit United Railways also passes through the village.
Duboisville, in the northern part of Redford Township, was named for James
Dubois, a large land owner, who was one of the projectors of the village. It was
once a trading center of importance, but now only a few houses remain.
Elm, a flag station on the Pere Marquette Railroad, was established as a postoffice a few years before the Civil war. It is situated in the eastern part of
Livonia Township and now receives mail from Plymouth.
French Landing, a small station on the Wabash Railroad in the southwestern
part of Van Buren Township, grew up after the railroad was built.
Greenfield, in the township of the same name, was once an active business
center. It is on the Grand River Road, just west of the Detroit city limits and
is connected with the city by the Orchard Lake Division of the Detroit United
Railways.
Hand Station, on the Wabash Railroad in the northern part of Taylor Township, has a population of one hundred people.
Inkster, fourteen miles west of Detroit in the eastern part of Nankin Township, is a station on the Michigan Central Railroad and Detroit United Railways.
The population is about one hundred and fifty.
Livonia, a small hamlet in the central part of Livonia Township, is two miles
north of Stark, on the Pere Marquette Railroad, which is the nearest railroad
station. A postoffice was established here at an early date under the name of
"Livonia Center." This office has been discontinued, however, and mail is
delivered from Plymouth.
Martinsville, located a little east of the center of Van Buren Township, was
founded a few years after that township was erected in 1835, but has never come
up to the expectations of the projectors. It is three and a half miles west of
New Boston, which is the most convenient railroad station.
Norris, now known as North Detroit, within Detroit City, is in Hamtramck
Township, on the Michigan Central Railroad, six and a half miles from the
Detroit Station.
Perrinville, in the northern part of Nankin Township, was settled by Thomas
Dickerson in 1831 and was named for Isaac F. Perrin, who laid out the town
in 1834. It has a general store and receives mail by rural route from Wayne.
Rawsolnville, in the extreme western part of Van Buren Township, was laid
out by Amasa Rawson about 1840. The postoffice here has long since been discontinued and the few inhabitants receive mail by rural carrier from Belleville.
Stark, a small station on the Pere Marquette Railroad, in the southern part
of Livonia Township, was settled in 1880. It has a general store, is a shipping
point of some importance, and the fifty inhabitants receive mail from Plymouth
by rural route.
Taylor Center, as its name indicates, is situated near the center of Taylor
Township. It was settled in 1860 and is two miles south of Hand Station, which
is the nearest railroad station. The population numbers about one hundred.
Waltz, a village with a population of two hundred and fifty, is a station on
the Pere Marquette Railroad in the southwestern part of Huron Township.
Waterford, in the southern part of Northville Township, is located on the