Local History

In 1833, Major John Gilbert received a grant of 400 acres and had it surveyed and platted, but did not settle on it.  However, in that year, James Harvey Fargo, and his uncle, Steven Fargo, built and operated a sawmill and a grist mill here as the Manchester Mill Company.  Incorporated as a village in 1867.  Named because most of its early settlers came from Manchester Township, N.Y. 

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

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