Attractions

Four Bears Water Park & Recreation

Local History

It was first settled in 1817 by Nathaniel Squires and his wife, Jemima.  The first settlement was first known as Macdougalville, until Joseph Stead in 1829 platted and recorded it as Harlow, after an English town.  In 1833, at the suggestion of Gurdon C. Leech it was renamed after Utica, NY where many of its early settlers having come from that area.  William Smith became its first postmaster on June 17, 1836.  Incorporated as a village in 1838 and as a city in 1936. 

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

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