Businesses

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

Target.com

Verizon Wireless

Wal-Mart

Genealogy

Family & Local Histories Information

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Local History

Eli Gould first settled here in 1833.  James M. Gould platted the village, recording his plat on April 5, 1848 and naming it Groveland.  When given a post office on January 28, 1862, it was renamed after Parma, New York, where some of its pioneers had come from.

Incorporated as a village in 1864.  In its early days, the settlement was nicknamed Cracker Hill and so appears on some old maps.

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

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