Local History

Norman Geddes, from western New York, bought first government land here in 1833 and settled on it in 1835.  In 1838, Sylvester Walker, later a state senator, built a tavern at the crossroads of the Chicago turnpike and LaPlaisance Bay Road and the place became known as Walker's Junction.  Cambridge Township was organized and named in 1835 and the settlement took its name.  Given a post office as Cambridge on February 5, 1840.  Walker's Tavern still stands and is a tourist attraction. 

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

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