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Michigan Center, Michigan

1837 establishments in MichiganCensus-designated places in Jackson County, MichiganCensus-designated places in MichiganPopulated places established in 1837Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Michigan
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Michigan Center (CDP), MI location
Michigan Center (CDP), MI location

Michigan Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,672 at the 2010 census. The CDP is located within Leoni Township on the eastern border of the city of Jackson. Michigan Center was platted as "Michigan Centre" in 1837 by Abel Fitch and Paul Ring, although there were settlements in the area from at least 1834. The name was presumably derived from the proximity to the Michigan meridian which divided the state into eastern and western portions for surveying. The community is not close to any sort of geographical center of the state. Fitch became the first postmaster in 1838. Michigan Center began developing as a mill town on a tributary of the Grand River. There was a station on the Michigan Central Railroad. However, nearby Jackson rapidly outpaced Michigan Center, which has since become a bedroom community to the city.

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Michigan Center, Michigan
Page Avenue, Leoni Township

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N 42.233055555556 ° E -84.327222222222 °
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Page Avenue 4693
49254 Leoni Township, Michigan Center
Michigan, United States
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