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Vernon Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan

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Vernon Township (Shiawassee), MI location
Vernon Township (Shiawassee), MI location

Vernon Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,273 at the 2020 census. The village of Vernon is located within the township. The township also surrounds the city of Durand, but the two are administered autonomously. Vernon Township was named after Mount Vernon, the estate of George Washington.

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Vernon Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan
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The Lodge of Durand

Monroe Road 8800
48429
Michigan, United States
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Durand Union Station
Durand Union Station

Durand Union Station is a historic train station in Durand, Michigan. The station, which now serves Amtrak Blue Water trains, was originally a busy Grand Trunk Western Railroad and Ann Arbor Railroad hub, as well as a local office for Grand Trunk Western, from its construction in 1903 until 1974. It is currently owned by the city of Durand and leased by Durand Union Station, Inc. a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and maintenance of the building and its surrounding property. The building also houses three small railroad history museums: the Michigan Railroad History Museum (which doubles as a gift shop), the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Museum, and the Ann Arbor Railroad History Museum. Also in the building is a model railroad club, the Durand Union Station Model Railroad Engineers and its large layout, and a ballroom for special events and parties. The station sits at the junction of Canadian National Railway's busy mainline interchange of the Flint and Holly Subdivisions. Additionally, Great Lakes Central Railroad and Huron and Eastern Railway operate near the station, and a freight yard used by all three carriers is located just north of it. It is one of Michigan's most popular locations for railfans to visit, especially during the annual Durand Railroad Days Festival in May. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 6, 1971, and the Michigan Register of Historic Places in 1987. The station's lessees are currently attempting to raise $50,000 for building repairs.