Ashley

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Ashley

Total population

483

Median home value

$109,500

21.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$58,846

Ashley$59k

National$74k

Founded

1884

Elevation204 m

Land area1.66 km²

Weather72°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates43.19°, -84.48°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ashley is a village in Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 508 at the 2020 census. The village is located in the northwest corner of Elba Township. No major state trunkline runs through the village, although M-57 passes within one mile to the south. Ashley was platted in 1884.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Ashley, MI from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ashley

Moth to a flame

Ashley · 2010

Michigan shorthorn & polled shorthorn breeders, show & sale

Wayne Caldwell Neely Collection of Shorthorn Cattle Catalogs · 1975

Michigan shorthorn & polled shorthorn breeders, futurity class and open class, show and sale, at Dick Braman's, Just a Few Farm

Michigan Shorthorn Association · 1972

Michigan futurity show and sale

Wayne Caldwell Neely Collection of Shorthorn Cattle Catalogs · 1971

Power, Participation, and Protest in Flint, Michigan

Ashley E. Nickels · 2019

Michigan Design Index

Ashley Group · 2002

Michigan test road

Edwin Ashley Finney · 1959

Evidence as to man's place in nature

Thomas Henry Huxley · 1863

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

lesser periwinkle

Vinca minor

Seen 2026-09-11

closed bottle gentian

Gentiana andrewsii

Seen 2026-09-11

tall rattlesnake root

Nabalus altissimus

Seen 2026-09-09

jimsonweed

Datura stramonium

Seen 2026-09-09

Northern Leopard Frog

Lithobates pipiens

Seen 2026-09-05

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Seen 2026-09-05

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-05

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-09-05

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Seen 2026-09-05

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).