Community Information

City of Davison, Davison Township and Richfield Township Chamber of Commerce

Attractions

Buttercup Beach

Goldenrod Beach

Businesses

Target.com

Verizon Wireless

Wal-Mart

Genealogy

Family & Local Histories Information

View Original Census Records

Senior Citizen Centers

Davison/Richfield Senior Center

10133 Lapeer Road

(810) 658-1566

Local History

First settled by William Draper in 1825.  Rail Irish came in 1836; his family cut a road through the wilderness for 20 miles (still called Irish Road).  First known as Maxfield, after Captain Maxfield, who settled here about 1840 and built a tavern in 1859.  

Given a P.O. named Richfield in 1841, in 1855 V. Maxfield and E. E. Goodrich built a sawmill that, with the homes of its workers and a store formed the original village.

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

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