Galloway, Michigan
Galloway, Michigan | |
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unincorporated community | |
Location within the state of Michigan | |
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Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Gratiot/Saginaw |
Elevation[1] | 679 ft (207 m) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
ZIP code | 48637 (Merrill) |
Area code(s) | 989 |
FIPS code | 26-31330[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1617575[1] |
Galloway is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[1] on the boundary between Lakefield Township in Saginaw County and Lafayette Township in Gratiot County.
The community is at the junction of Nelson Road and S. Meridian Rd./NE Gratiot County Line Rd.[1][3]
A post office named Galloway first opened in Gratiot County on February 16, 1883 with Richard Galloway as the first postmaster. This was discontinued on January 19, 1885. It was re-established on July 16, 1889, on section 24 in Lafayette Township with Andrew Schurr as the first postmaster of the re-established office. When the postmaster moved across the county line into Lakefield Township, the post office moved as well. The office was discontinued on October 31, 1902.[4][5][6]
References
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- ↑ Saginaw County Map. J. Shively. State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Geographic Information. September 2007.
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