Golf Courses

Oakhurst Golf & Country Club

Pine Knob Golf Course

Local History

In 1830, Linus Jacob, a squatter from New York State built the first home within the present town, a cedar-pole shanty.

In 1832, Butler Holcomb built the second house and a sawmill.  The Clark brothers, Jeremiah, Nelson W., and Milton H., platted and named the village in 1840.  The Independence post office was transferred to and renamed Clarkston on December 12, 1840.  Incorporated as a village in 1884.

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

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