St. Julian Winery, Also located in:  Frankenmuth, Parma, Paw Paw & Union Pier

Antiques

The Working Man's Rare Coins 

734-241-7004 

Golf Courses

Carrington Golf Club

State Parks and Camping in Michigan

Sterling State Park

Local History

In 1780, Francois Navarre left Detroit and built his cabin on land deeded him here on the north side of the Riviere aux Raisins by the Indians.  By 1784, a hundred French families from Canada had joined him, and Frenchtown became the third permanent community in Michigan and on November 21, 1815, its second post office (after only Detroit).  

On lands belonging to Joseph Loranger and others, who ceded lots for public use, an American settlement was platted on the south side of the river in 1817, and named for newly elected President James Monroe.  The post office was renamed Monroe on July 24, 1824.  Incorporated as a village in 1827 and as a city in 1837.  Frenchtown is now a district in Monroe and the name of one of the two townships in which the city is located. 

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

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