Davison

History

Township section 3, 9 and 10 was Davison Station, which was first settled in 1842 by Eleazer Thurston in section 10. The line of the Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad (now Canadian National Railway) through the settlement was finished in 1871 marked the beginning of Davison Station. The first saw mill in the township was also built here that year by Dunn and Darling. The township and the settlement had in 1872 a number of firsts: doctor, L. W. Hanson, merchant Damon Stewart and tavern owned and operated by Henry S. Rising. On , Davison Station post office open with Stewart as the postmaster. In 1916, the village had an auditorium, a state bank, Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges, four churches, the Catholic, the Methodist Episcopal, the Free Methodist and the Baptist. The estimated population was 700. Rosemoor Park began in 1919 hold the county fair every year except one until 1938. Davison separated itself from Davison Township by incorporating as a city on . In 1943, Rosemoor Park closed permanently. The track's owner in 1946 developed a subdivision on the track property. In January 2010, it was announced that Davison City Manager Dale Martin and Davison Township, Michigan Supervisor Kurt Soper had begun preliminary meetings discussing the possibility of merging the two municipalities.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  6,244
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,124
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,043
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  5,760
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  5,714
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,321
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  5,217
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,064

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2022-05-23
  2 km NNW of Corunna, Canada