Galloway, Michigan

Galloway, Michigan
unincorporated community
Galloway, Michigan Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 43°19′54″N 84°22′10″W / 43.33167°N 84.36944°W / 43.33167; -84.36944Coordinates: 43°19′54″N 84°22′10″W / 43.33167°N 84.36944°W / 43.33167; -84.36944
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 43°19′54″N 84°22′10″W / 43.33167°N 84.36944°W / 43.33167; -84.36944 (Galloway)^[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

1 2 3 4 "Galloway, Michigan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ Saginaw County Map. J. Shively. State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Geographic Information. September 2007.
↑ "Galloway Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Romig, Walter (1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
↑ Tucker, Willard D. (2005) [1913]. "Extinct Post Offices". Gratiot County, Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Library. pp. 1207–08. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

Municipalities and communities of Gratiot County, Michigan, United States

County seat: Ithaca

Cities	Alma Ithaca St. Louis

Villages	Ashley Breckenridge Perrinton

Townships	Arcada Bethany Elba Emerson Fulton Hamilton Lafayette New Haven Newark North Shade North Star Pine River Seville Sumner Washington Wheeler

Unincorporated communities	Bannister Beebe Edgewood Elm Hall Elwell Forest Hill Galloway‡ Langport Middleton New Haven Center Pompeii Rathbone Riverdale Sethton Sickles

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Municipalities and communities of Saginaw County, Michigan, United States

County seat: Saginaw

Cities	Frankenmuth Saginaw Zilwaukee

Villages	Birch Run Chesaning Merrill Oakley Reese‡ St. Charles

Charter townships	Bridgeport Buena Vista Saginaw

General law townships	Albee Birch Run Blumfield Brady Brant Carrollton Chapin Chesaning Frankenmuth Fremont James Jonesfield Kochville Lakefield Maple Grove Marion Richland Spaulding St. Charles Swan Creek Taymouth Thomas Tittabawassee Zilwaukee

CDPs	Bridgeport Buena Vista Burt Freeland Hemlock Robin Glen-Indiantown Saginaw Township North Saginaw Township South Shields

Other communities	Alicia Blumfield Corners Brady Center Brant Carrollton Chapin Clausedale Crow Island Dice Fenmore Fergus Fordney Fosters Frankentrost Frost Galloway‡ Garfield Gera Groveton Iva Kochville Lakefield Lawndale Layton Corners Luce Marion Springs Morseville Nelson Orr Racy Paines Parshallburg Roosevelt Shattuckville Swan Creek Taymouth

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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