Capac

History

Capac was founded and platted by a group of men from Romeo headed by George R. Funstan and Judge DeWitt C. Walker in 1857. The judge named it after Huayna Capac, Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire. A nearby post office named "Pinery" was transferred to and renamed "Capac" in January 1858. The Grand Trunk Railroad opened a station in 1866. Capac incorporated as a village in 1873. Preston Tucker, designer of the 1948 Tucker Sedan, was born near Capac in 1903. Tucker is the subject of the 1988 movie Tucker: The Man and His Dream. Roman Gribbs, mayor of Detroit from 1970 to 1974, was raised near Capac.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,047
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,982
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,892
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,892
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,862
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,763
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,670
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,522

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2022-05-23
  2 km NNW of Corunna, Canada
• M 3.4 — 2018-04-20
  Michigan
• M 2.5 — 2010-03-08
  7 km ENE of Grosse Ile, Michigan