Swartz Creek, Michigan
| City of Swartz Creek | |
|---|---|
| City | |
| Motto: Where Town and Country Shake Hands | |
 Location of Swartz Creek within Genesee County, Michigan. |
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| Coordinates: 42°57′43″N 83°49′35″W / 42.96194°N 83.82639°WCoordinates: 42°57′43″N 83°49′35″W / 42.96194°N 83.82639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Genesee |
| Settled | 1836 |
| Platted | 1877 |
| Incorporated | 1959 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | David Krueger |
| • Mayor Pro-tem | Dennis Pinkston |
| • City Manager | Adam Zettel |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.04 sq mi (10.46 km2) |
| • Land | 4.04 sq mi (10.46 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 791 ft (235 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,758 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 5,673 |
| • Density | 1,425.2/sq mi (550.3/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 48473, 48554 |
| Area code(s) | 810 |
| FIPS code | 26-77700 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1614476 |
| Website | Official website |
Swartz Creek is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,758 at the 2010 census. The city is a suburb of Flint and has incorporated land formerly within Flint Charter Township, Gaines Township, and Clayton Township, but is administratively autonomous from all three.
The Indians travel the trail to reach the maple trees on what would later be the Crapo Farm and to fish, fruit gathering and hunting while the trail terminated in the Lansing area.
The Miller Settlement, and future core Swartz Creek community, was found in 1836 by Adam Miller a German settler. In 1848, Miller Road was designed as a state road. in 1842, a post office was set up in the community called Swartz Creek after the stream. Soon, the community assumed that name. The Village of Swartz Creek subdivision was platted in 1877.
In 1881, Swartz Creek had a rail station called Hamilton. Serving the station was the Goodyear and Miller elevator and Western Union Telegraph. The locality also had a hotel run by William Brown, a Methodist church and a district school. The creek powered a saw mill and a flour mill at the time. Sommers & Brewer business was a manufacturer of potash.
The first Masonic Temple in the community was built in 1906 on Miller Road. By the 1910s, the unincorporated village's major industry was sugar beet farming with three beet weighing stations. An elevator and two churches were located there by 1916. A private bank, which was managed by Ira T. Sayre as part of a chain, was also open at that time.
In 1927, the community's downtown roads were paved with gravel supplied by the Crapo Gravel Company, which its current location is Winchester Lake. Electrical power was brought to the area that same year.
On Wednesday April 7, 1954 at about 7:40 PM, a small tornado hit the community. The tornado destroyed the fire hall, knocking down power lines and taking roofs off homes while only injuring two.
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