Golf Courses

Belle River Golf & Country Club

Local History

The site straddles the Macomb-St. Clair County Line.  It was first settled in 1834 by Anthony Wells and James Wells in 1835.  Oel Rix built a sawmill here.  It was known as the Wells' Settlement until December 8, 1848, when, with Henry Rix as its first postmaster, it was given a post office named Memphis, after the Egyptian city and meaning place of good adobe.  Incorporated as village in 1865 and as a city in 1953.

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

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