Davison, Michigan
| City of Davison | |
|---|---|
| City | |
| Nickname(s): City of Flags | |
 Location of Davison, Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 43°1′52″N 83°31′1″W / 43.03111°N 83.51694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Genesee |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tim Bishop |
| • City Manager | Michael Hart |
| Area | |
| • City | 1.98 sq mi (5.13 km2) |
| • Land | 1.98 sq mi (5.13 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 794 ft (242 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 5,173 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 5,078 |
| • Density | 2,612.6/sq mi (1,008.7/km2) |
| • Metro | 425,790 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 48423 |
| Area code(s) | 810 |
| FIPS code | 26-19880 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0624356 |
| Website | cityofdavison |
Davison is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Flint. The population was 5,536 at the 2000 census and fell to 5,173 by the 2010 census. Davison is located within Davison Township survey township area (7N 8E), but is administratively autonomous.
Davison was named after Judge Norman Davison, a judge of Lapeer County and a delegate to state constitution convention of 1835. He resided in a nearby hamlet formerly known as Davisonville, now known as Atlas.
Township section 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 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 April 10, 1872, Davison Station post office open with Stewart as the postmaster. The Free Will Baptist Church, formed in 1859 at and hosted at Herrick Schoolhouse two miles away, moved to a frame church building in the village in 1872.
In 1873, a cheese factory and flouring mill opened. The Davison Station post office was renamed to just Davison on June 30, 1893.
By 1916, Davison was incorporated as a village. In that year, 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.
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.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.98 square miles (5.13 km2), all land.
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