Montrose, Michigan
| City of Montrose | |
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| City | |
 Location of Montrose within Genesee, Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 43°10′41″N 83°53′38″W / 43.17806°N 83.89389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Genesee |
| Settled | 1835 |
| Incorporated | 1899 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.98 sq mi (2.54 km2) |
| • Land | 0.98 sq mi (2.54 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 673 ft (205 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,657 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,627 |
| • Density | 1,690.8/sq mi (652.8/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 48457 |
| Area code(s) | 810 |
| FIPS code | 26-55280 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0632609 |
Montrose is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,657 at the 2010 census. The city is situated within Montrose Township, but is politically independent. Both are named after the town of Montrose in Angus, Scotland.
George Washington Ensign, originally from Stafford, New York, and family, became the first white residents of present-day Montrose Township in the spring of 1842. Organized in 1847 as Pewonagowink Township, after the area's former Ojibwe reservation of the same name, the township adopted its current name a few years later. Credit for the name change is ascribed to John Farquharson, a Scottish immigrant and township supervisor. The village of Montrose was incorporated from a portion of the township in 1899.
Montrose today is supported by local agriculture and commuter traffic to the greater Flint area. It has its own school system. Since 1972, it has held the Montrose Blueberry Festival annually, every third weekend in August. Its Montrose Historical & Telephone Pioneer Museum is Michigan's only telephone museum with hands on working exhibits of antique telephones.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.98 square miles (2.54 km2), all land. The Flint River flows through Montrose.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,657 people, 668 households, and 429 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,690.8 inhabitants per square mile (652.8/km2). There were 726 housing units at an average density of 740.8 per square mile (286.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.8% White, 0.7% African American, 0.7% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.8% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.4% of the population.
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