Campgrounds in Michigan

Amigo Park Family Campground and RV Park

Local History

The first settler in the present township, Judge John Sturgis, came from Monroe, Michigan, came in 1827 and built his log cabin in 1828.  George Buck built the first house in the present village in 1828.  The place was first called Sturgis Prairie, but was platted by Philip H. Buck in 1832 as Sherman, which had been named for pioneer settler Colonel Benjamin Sherman.  An additional plat was made in 1834 by Andrew Backus who, named it for his daughter's fondness for Sir Walter Scott's novel, called Ivanhoe.  It was given a post office as Sherman on August 23, 1841, the office being renamed Sturgis on December 29, 1845.  In 1857, the legislature had the entire village replatted under the name of Sturgis.  Incorporated as a village in 1855 and as a city in 1895.

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

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