Businesses

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Verizon Wireless

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Genealogy

Family & Local Histories Information

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Golf Courses

Cedar Glen Golf Club

Local History

It was first settled by Pierre Yax in 1796.  Fabian Robertjean made the first government land purchase here in 1820.  Alfred Ashley came here from Mount Clemens in 1845, built the first sawmill and the first dock, and in 1851, he platted the village as Ashley.  It was given a post office as Ashleyville on September 20, 1851, renamed New Baltimore on March 7, 1855.  Incorporated as a village in 1867 and as a city in 1931. 

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

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