Golf Courses

Hampton Golf Club

Local History

Daniel Marsac, from Detroit, built a trading post on the south bank of the Grand River in 1831.  In 1847, he bought land on the north bank, platted and named it Dansville.  It was given a post office as Lowell, after its township, on June 17, 1851.  The village was replatted by Richards and Wickham in 1854 and renamed after its post office.  Incorporated as a village in 1861.  Believed to have been named after Lowell, Mass. 

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

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