Daggett

History

Daggett was originally named "Section 25". The name "Daggett" refers either to Elmira Daggett, a New York native who came to the area to visit her brother and is then said to have become the village's first postmistress, or to postmistress Clara Daggett's father (a native of Elmira, New York), the father-in-law of the village's founder, Thomas Faulkner. The village of Daggett was incorporated on August 30, 1902. "Because of the number of fires in the village, and with no help from [Stephenson] township, the Daggett people decided the best way to get fire protection was to incorporate." Incorporated villages had been given the power to raise money for fire protection by the state legislature. The village lost little time in equipping a modern fire department. Mr. J. H. Earle, representing the Waterous Gasoline Fire Engine Co. of St. Paul, Minnesota, signed a contract with the village council on October 17, 1902, promising delivery of an engine and 1,000 feet of hose within 30 days. The Waterous product was among the most modern of the era, representing the transition from heavy steam-powered pumps. It coupled a four-cylinder gasoline motor to a 350 gallon-per-minute pump. The entire apparatus was light enough to be pulled rapidly by a team of horses or men. To provide ready water sources for the pumper, the village contracted during the last week of October 1902 for four cisterns to be dug at different locations in the village. The contract was completed by November 15, 1902. The engine was delivered to the village between November 17–21, 1902, the exact date being uncertain. Based on the report in the November 22, 1902 Menominee County Journal, the Daggett Volunteer Fire Department commenced operations on November 21, 1902. The modern fire engine in use at…

Geography

Daggett is in south-central Menominee County along U.S. Route 41, which passes through the east side of the village and leads south to Menominee, the county seat, and north to Powers. The small city of Stephenson is south along US 41. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village of Daggett has a total area of , all land. The Little Cedar River, a south-flowing tributary of the Menominee River, passes just south of the village.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Uplift Michigan Academy
  Other · STEPHENSON · 709 students · 28.4:1 ratio
• Stephenson Area Public School
  Other · STEPHENSON · 442 students · 20.1:1 ratio
• CarneyNadeau Public School
  Other · CARNEY · 232 students · 14.5:1 ratio