Reese, Michigan
| Reese, Michigan | |
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| Village | |
 Location of Reese, Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 43°27′9″N 83°41′27″W / 43.45250°N 83.69083°WCoordinates: 43°27′9″N 83°41′27″W / 43.45250°N 83.69083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| Counties | Saginaw, Tuscola |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.35 sq mi (3.50 km2) |
| • Land | 1.35 sq mi (3.50 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 630 ft (192 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,454 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,430 |
| • Density | 1,077.0/sq mi (415.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 48757 |
| Area code(s) | 989 |
| FIPS code | 26-67900 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0635770 |
Reese is a village in Tuscola and Saginaw counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located almost entirely in Tuscola County's Denmark Township, the village includes only a tiny portion of Blumfield Township in Saginaw County. The population was 1,454 at the 2010 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.35 square miles (3.50 km2), all land.
The area of what is Reese today was first settled in 1865 when Mrs. Louisa Woodruff and her son built the first home (near the current intersection of Reese and Saginaw roads.) The Saginaw-Watrousville plank road was opened in 1871, which increased access to the community from Saginaw and the surrounding area. In 1873, the Detroit and Bay City railroads were built and Hudson B. Blackman plotted a tract of land adjacent to the original community (near the current intersection of Saginaw and Meridian streets)and named it Reese, in honor of G.W. Reese the railroad superintendent. (Hudson B. Blackman was probably the source of Hudson Street.)
William B. Stark was born in 1831 in New York and came to Denmark, Tuscola County, in 1865. Six brothers and one sister came to live with him in the following years. They lived in tents in the dense forest of the area in what is now Camp Street. In 1873, William’s brother, Joseph, came to the area and opened a hotel near the corner of Reese and Saginaw roads. He was the fourth family to move to the area, with the others being his brother, the Woodruffs, and the Rogerses.
In the fall of 1865, A.W. Gates, a stage proprietor from Saginaw, established a plank road from East Saginaw, through Reese, and into Watrousville. In 1871, Gates established a mail and stage route along the plank road. Gates kept his express and stage offices in Rogers’ hotel. The post office was also in Rogers’ hotel. The post office was named Gates in 1871 after the man responsible for its establishment. In the fall of 1871, Daniel Woodruff opened a grocery and provision store across the street from the hotel, and George Melatt and Archie Scott opened a blacksmith shop. In September 1872, Asenath M. Rogers, Roberts’ wife, surveyed and platted eleven acres and called it Gates.
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