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Welcome to the official website for the Swartz Creek Area Historical Society! We encourage you to check out our links and to learn about us.

Important Swartz Creek Dates

"The Beginnings"

1635 - First white men (Frenchmen) came into Michigan Area.

1819 - Saginaw Valley Treaty with the Chippewa Indians.

1835 - Chief Kawgogezhic bought land in Mundy-Gaines Townships.

1836 - First wave of settlers came into this area and called it Miller Settlement.

1836 - Flint Township organized.

1837 - Mundy Township organized.

1840 - First log cabin school built on the south side of Miller Rd.

1841 - Land given by Millers for Swartz Creek cemetery, Morrish Rd.

1841 - A frame building built by subscription for church and school near the corner of Morrish and Miller Rds.

1842 - Land given for Indian cemetery between Seymour and VanVleet Rds.

1842 - Gaines Township organized.

1842 - A post office/mail route was established & given the name of Swartz Creek.

1844 - Clayton Township organized.

1853 - Henry Wilcox builds first red school, southwest corner of Miller Rd. and Holland Dr.

1860 - Henry Howland Crapo bought 1,000 acres of swamp land to develop into a model farm.

1861 - The Civil War raged over the United States to end in 1865.

1863 - The first Methodist Church is built on Morrish Rd.

1865 - Henry Howland Crapo is elected Governor of Michigan.

1873 - First established post office outside a home on the site of the first bank.

1876 - Grand Trunk Railroad completed through Swartz Creek and depot called Hamilton for a short time.

1877 - The Swartz Creek Elevator was built.

1877 - The Village was first plotted.

1884 - An era ends with the death of Chief Wabaness - David Fisher.

1891 - Red brick school built on Morrish Rd. for grades 1-10 (Friendship Club)

1898 - The Spanish American war begins.