Davison Township, Michigan
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Township of Davison Davison Township |
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 Location of Davison Township within Genesee County, Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 43°0′51″N 83°31′34″W / 43.01417°N 83.52611°WCoordinates: 43°0′51″N 83°31′34″W / 43.01417°N 83.52611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Genesee |
| Settled | 1837 |
| Organized | 1840 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Supervisor-Board |
| • Supervisor | Kurt Soper |
| • Clerk | Karen M. Miller |
| • Treasurer | Patrick R. Miller |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33.7 sq mi (87.3 km2) |
| • Land | 33.5 sq mi (86.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) 0.68% |
| Elevation | 810 ft (247 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 19,575 |
| • Density | 529.1/sq mi (204.3/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 48423 |
| Area code(s) | 810 |
| FIPS code | 26-19900 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1626160 |
| Website | davisontwp-mi |
Township of Davison is a general law township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan consisting of the survey township of North 7 East 8 less the administratively autonomous city of Davison. The population was 19,575 at the 2010 census, up from 17,722 at the 2000 census.
Davison was named after Judge Norman Davison, a judge of Lapeer County and a delegate to state constitution convention of 1835. He resided in a nearby town formerly known as Davisonville, now known as Atlas.
The Township was originally in Lapeer County and was formed from portions of Atlas and Richfield townships. Andrew Jesse Seelye visiting his cousin in Waterford, Michigan in 1835 purchase 240 acres in the future Davison Township section 33 in May 1936. Andrew was joined by his brother and sister, Alson and Debby, which all three established permanent residents in 1837. On March 28, 1937, Atlas Township highway commissioners Paul G. Davison and Asa Farrar laid out the first road in the Atlas side of the township along the eastern side of section 31 to the section corner of 17, 18, 19 & 20. Ira Porter permanently settled in section 1 in January 1838 in the Richfield Township uphalf.
Goodenough Townsend and other residents of the survey township petitioned the legislature in 1839 to form a civil township government under the name of Middlebury. Since Shiawassee County already had an existing township using that name, the township was formed about 6 April 1840 under a different name, Davison, in honor of Norman Davison (Aug 1786 Ashford CT - 26 Mar 1841 Davisonville, Atlas Twp., MI) who was admired by many in the area. The first township meeting was held on at Townsend's home with Abel Seeley serving as moderator and Townsend elected by the 14 voters to be the first township supervisor. All but two voters held an office.
Davison Township was transferred from Lapeer County to Genesee County by act of the state legislature on March 9, 1843. In 1849, the Davison Centre Post Office was established with Townsend serving as postmaster until 1853.
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