Local History

First called Potter for Willis L. Potter, a farmer who owned most of the land on which this village was built.  The village owes its existence to the coming through of the Grand Trunk Railroad in 1880.  Given a post office as Newcomb on September 27, 1881, but changed to the first name of Mr. Potter on December 15, 1887.

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

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