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Algonac
Located in St. Clair County |
State Parks and Camping
Local History
First settled by John Martin in 1805, and called Pointe du Chene (Oak Point), the southern end of the village is still so referred to. On April 5, 1826, with 1816 settler John K. Smith as postmaster, it was given a post office named Plainfield (after its township which Mr. Smith had got named after his old home in Vermont).
The township was renamed Clay for statesman Henry Clay in 1828 and its post office was so renamed on December 23, 1835, with Mr. Smith still postmaster. The office was renamed Algonac on August 17, 1843. Incorporated as a village by the supervisors in 1867 and by the legislature in 1893. Incorporated as a city in 1967. Indian agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft coined the name from the Algonquin Indian tribe and the suffix ac, meaning place.
Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.