Cement City

History

The location first was given a post office named Woodstock after the township on January 3, 1838, with postmaster Almer Smith. While the post office was closed on October 13, 1859, but quickly reopened On December 3. The post was open until May 5, 1871, then again from January 27, 1881, to May 21, 1887. Kelly's Corners post office, named after local early landowner Orson Kelly opened with John E. Turk as postmaster on February 17, 1868. On December 6, 1886, Kelly's Corner was renamed as Woodstock then to Cement on February 21, 1901. This after the 1900 formation of an unincorporated village under William Cohan in 1900 and named for the pending coming of a cement company. On March 5, 1901, the post office was renamed one final time to Cement City. Cement City was incorporated as a village in 1953.

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
  6,857
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  6,832
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,664
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  6,039
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,730
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,678
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  5,471
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  5,422

Largest nearby schools

• Onsted Elementary
  Elementary · ONSTED · 527 students · 14.6:1 ratio
• Onsted Community High School
  High · ONSTED · 389 students · 20.5:1 ratio
• Addison Elementary School
  Elementary · ADDISON · 324 students · 17.1:1 ratio
• Onsted Middle School
  Middle · ONSTED · 284 students · 15.8:1 ratio
• Addison High School
  High · ADDISON · 232 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• Addison Middle School
  Middle · Addison · 161 students · 17.9:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2026-05-04
  8 km N of Maybee, Michigan
• M 2.9 — 2024-12-29
  1 km SSE of Hicksville, Ohio
• M 2.5 — 2024-03-18
  4 km WSW of Millbury, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2023-05-20
  3 km SSE of Walbridge, Ohio
• M 3.2 — 2020-08-21
  2 km SSE of Detroit Beach, Michigan
• M 3.3 — 2015-06-30
  5 km NNE of Burlington, Michigan