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Early History The area T7N-R11E, now known as Attica Township, went through several name changes, as the county was reoganized. [Note: The infamous Attica Prison is in Attica, NY, not MI.] At first, most of the county, including T7N-R11E, was part of Lapeer Township, organized 30 Dec 1834. Next, Lomond Township, organized on 11 Mar 1837, consisted of T6N-R11E and T7N-R11E. The first township meeting was held at the house of Daniel SMITH. The name was changed to Dunham on 2 Apr 1838, and changed again to Dryden on 3 Apr 1839. On 16 Feb 1842, the north half of Dryden, T7N-R11E, became Attica Township, leaving T6N-R11E with the designation Dryden Township. The first settler what is now Attica Township was Benjamin HUNTLEY, with 40 acres, being the SE quarter of the SE quarter of Section 35, registered on 25 Feb 1836. This was not the first land entry, as several were dated as early as 1835. [HRP, pp. 147-8] Earliest Land Entries:
6 Jul 1835, John A. CONKLIN, Section 23 |
1863 map of Attica Township (T7N-R11E) cropped from the 1863
map of Lapeer County. In 1863, there were no villages in Attica Township. A cluster of a half-dozen buildings appears in the NW corner of Section 15, on the property of William WILLIAMS, a lumberman from New York state, who built a sawmill there in 1851. The village of Attica later formed in sections 9, 10, 15 and 16. A post office named "Mill Station" was established there, on 9 Oct 1867, with Oscar A. WILLIAMS as the first postmaster. The office was renamed "Elk Lake" on 12 Sep 1870, and became "Attica", after the township, on 1 Feb 1871. 
1906 map of Attica Township (T7N-R11E) from the 1906
Atlas of Lapeer County. 
1906 map of the village of Attica from the 1906
Atlas of Lapeer County. |
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Main resource: [HRP] History of Lapeer County, Michigan : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers (1884) by H. R. Page Names of property owners can be seen on the 1863, 1874, 1893, 1906 and 1921 plat maps. See the Maps page for links to these. Back to History of Each Township and Village in Lapeer County, MI |
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This page was last revised 22 Nov 2019 by William Haloupek.
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