Onondaga, Michigan
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Onondaga is an unincorporated community located in Onondaga Township, Michigan in the southwest corner of Ingham County, Michigan. It is situated on the Grand River approximately 20 miles south of Lansing and approximately 15 mile northwest of Jackson.
History
The original plat of the village of Onondaga was laid out by John Sherman and others, on July 13, 1870. Several buildings had previously been erected, but the place dates its permanent growth from this time. It was also about that date that the Grand River Valley division of the Michigan Central Railroad was built through the town, and Sherman donated land for the depot.
A post office was first established at the place about 1844, with Perez Howland as the first postmaster. The first store of any consequence in the place was established in 1867 by John Sherman.
The first part of the "Onondaga Hotel" was built about 1847, by Perez Howland, for a grocery, and the post office was also kept in it. Cyrus Baldwin subsequently purchased and converted it into a hotel.
The first church, called the First Congregational Church of Onondaga, was built in 1877.
External link
- History of Onondaga Township (http://www.rootsweb.com/~miingham/Onondaga.html) from History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan by Samuel W. Durant, Published 1880 (the history section of this article incorporates material from this article)
- History of Onondaga Township (http://www.ingham.org/bc/hist/Pioneer%20History%20of%20Ingham%20County/chapter%2014.pdf) PDF copy of Chapter 14 from The Pioneer History of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, Secretary of the Ingham County Pioneer and Historical Society, published 1923