Attractions

Gameworks

The Palace of Auburn Hills

Walter P. Chrysler Museum

Golf Courses

Fieldstone Golf Club of Auburn Hills

Local History

Elijah Thornton, a Canadian, came here in 1821, but Aaron Webster, who named the town Auburn after Auburn, N.Y., became the first permanent settler later the same year.  

Given a post office as Auburn on July 15, 1825, with Johnson Green as its first postmaster, the office operating until May 10, 1856.  Platted by Captain Henry Parke in 1826.  When it applied for a new post office, H. H. Thatcher proposed the name of Amy, for there was by then another Auburn post office in Michigan.  Given an office as Amy on September 21, 1880, with John Morris as its first postmaster, and a station on the Grand Trunk Railroad, also named Amy, in 1881.  In 1919, the legislature changed the name of the village to Auburn Heights and on August 15, of that that year its post office was also renamed Auburn Heights.  Renamed to Auburn Hills. 

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

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