Campgrounds in Michigan

Arcadian Marina Campground

Golf Courses

Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course

Local History

In 1866, Dr. W. L. Dempster, G. W. Boss and H. Huntington first settled here by Bar Lake (named from the sand bar which crossed the channel opening into Lake Michigan).  Arcadia Township was organized in 1870, with W. H. Cotton as its first supervisor.  The village was founded in 1880 by Henry Starke, of Milwaukee, who named it Starkeville, but the name was changed by the post office to that of the township when the office was opened on September 19, 1870, with Mrs. Anne M. Dempster as the first postmaster.  She was succeeded by Miss Amelia F. Huntington on April 7, 1871.  

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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