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Local History

This village in Exeter Township was settled in 1872.  It was named for businessman and lumberman Silas A. Scofield, of the firm of Scofield & Rice, and he became the station agent for the Chicago & Canada Southern Railroad here.  Robert Van Vleek became the first postmaster on January 20, 1874. 

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

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