Local History

Rodney Hinckley located his farm here in 1832, the year that Pierce Barber built his sawmill.  Mr. Barber sold out to Peter Gremps and Lyman J. Daniels.  Mr. Gremps built the first store and became the first merchant.

Paw Paw became the county seat in 1838.  Incorporated as a village in 1859  and re-incorporated in 1867.  It was named after the nearby Paw Paw River, which the Indians had named from the paw paw fruit growing thickly upon its banks.  The township , formed in 1835 and organized in 1836, with Mr. Gremps as its first supervisors was first called Lafayette, but in 1867 it took the name of Paw Paw. 

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

Businesses

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

Warner Vineyards

Target.com

Verizon Wireless

Wal-Mart

Community Information

Greater Paw Paw Chamber of Commerce

P.O. Box 105 

Paw Paw, MI  49079

(269) 657-5395

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Golf Courses

Heritage Glen Golf Club

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