Lost Villages – Oakland County

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From “If This is Hastings…Then Where is Hog’s Hollow?” , by Deborah J. Remer, The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, 1990, pages 4-16

UPDATED 09/16/2020: https://rochestermedia.com/lost-villages-in-oakland-and-macomb-counties/

Trying to find a town – not sure whether it still exists or even where to look:

  • Austin/Austin Corners – Groveland Township, Dixie Highway and Oakhill Road
  • Bald Eagle – Brandon Township, M-15 south of Glass Road
  • Bald Mountain – Orion Township, Bald Mountain and Dutton Roads
  • Benson – Royal Oak/Troy Township
  • Big Beaver – Troy Township, 16 Mile (Big Beaver) and Rochester Roads
  • Big Pinery – Orion Township, between Miller’s Lake and Mill Lake, north of Walton Road
  • Brandon – Brandon/Oxford Township border, Baldwin Road between Seymour Lake and Drahner Roads
  • Campbell’s Corners – Addison/Oakland Township border, 32 Mile (Romeo) and Rochester Roads
  • Canadaigua/New Canadaigua/Canadaigua City – Orion Township, Heights Road and M-24
  • Clark’s Corners – Orion Township, southeast corner of Scripps Road and M-24
  • Clintonville – Waterford Township, Clintonville and Walton Roads
  • Colerain – Troy Township, John R and 18 Mile Roads
  • Cottage Corners – Groveland Township, McGinnis and Grange Hall Roads
  • Decker Settlement – Oakland Township, Greenshield and Kern Roads
  • Eames/Eames Settlement/Eames Station – Orion Township, north of Lake Judah, Joslyn Road South of Silver Bell Road
  • Eco City – Bloomfield Township, now part of Birmingham
  • Five Points – Pontiac Township, Squirrel, Walton, and Pontiac Roads
  • Four Towns – West Bloomfield Township, Cooley Lake and Lockhaven Roads
  • Groveland/Groveland Cottage/Grover – Groveland Township, Hawley and McGinnis Roads
  • Jersey – Orion Township, Baldwin and Clarkston Roads
  • Kensington – Milford/Lyon Townships, south end of Kent Lake
  • Kline Settlement/Oakland/Alert – Oakland Township, Stoney Creek and Rochester Roads
  • Mahopac/Steam Mill – Orion Township, Baldwin Road south of Mill Lake
  • Myrtle – West Bloomfield Township, Pontiac Trail and Halstead Roads
  • North Oxford – Oxford Township, Oakwood and Thomas Roads
  • Oakhill – Brandon Township, Reese and Oakhill Roads
  • Olive Branch – Groveland Township, Holly Road, between Weber and Tucker Roads
  • Oxbow/Hopkin’s Mill/White Lake Center – White Lake Township, between Cedar Island and Oxbow Lakes, on Elizabeth Lake Road
  • Perrysburg/Perrysburg Settlement – Orion Township, east of Washington, south of Long Lake Roads
  • Rose Corners – Rose Township, Milford and Rose Center Roads
  • Rudd’s Mill/Valley Mills – Orion Township, Kern and Clarkston Roads
  • Stoney Creek – Avon Township, Tienken, Van Hoosen, Romeo, Runyon and Washington Roads
  • Stony Run – Holly Township, north of Belford to just north of Evans, on Dixie Highway
  • Straights/Straits – West Bloomfield Township, Richardson and Green Lake Roads now Orchard Lake
  • More renames
    • Andersonville – Springfield Township, Big Lake and Andersonville Roads
      • Known as the Husted Settlement in 1833, changed to Anderson Settlement and then Andersonville
    • Auburn Heights – Pontiac Township, Auburn and Squirrel Roads, First named Amy
    • Auburn Hills – formed from Pontiac Township in 1983
    • Bloomfield Hills – Bloomfield Township, Long Lake Road and Woodward Avenue known as Bloomfield Center
    • Farmington Hills – formed from Farmington Township in 1972
    • Southfield
      • Southfield Township – The area at 10 1/2 Mile and Berg Roads was known as Crawford’s Corners.
      • 10 Mile and Lahser was known as Southfield Center. The two joined to become the city of Southfield
    • Rochester Hills – formed from Avon Township in 1984
    • South Lyon – Lyon Township, 10 Mile Road and Pontiac Trail
      • In 1835 it was known as Thompson’s Corners. Became South Lyon in 1873
    • Troy – Troy Township, Livernois and Square Lake Roads
      • Plated as Hastings in 1838, later known as Troy Corners, Union Corners, Niles Corners, and Troy Center
    • Wixom – Novi/Commerce Township border, Maple (15 Mile) and Wixom Roads
      • Known as Sibley’s Corners after Alonzo Sibley
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