The City of the Village of Clarkston, or Clarkston, is a small city located in Oakland County, Michigan. It is completely surrounded by Independence Township. The city is approximately one half square mile in size. Its population in 2010 was 882.
Clarkston's Main Street is M-15. The village is located 42 miles north of Detroit. It has easy access to I-75 and US 24.
In 1992, Village residents voted to incorporate the Village as a city in order to preserve its boundaries and local government.
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History
Squatter Linux Jacox from New York built the first house, a Shanty, in Clarkston in 1830. In 1832, Butler Holcomb built the second house and a sawmill. On December 12, 1840, the Independence post office was transferred to the community and assumed its name. In 1842, the Clark brothers platted a tract of land for a village and gave it the name Clarkston. Clarkston was incorporated in 1884 as a village.
In 1992, the village of Clarkston was incorporated as a city.
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Historic district
The Village of Clarkston was designated a Michigan State Historic Site on January 16, 1976 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1979.
The Clarkston Village Historic District includes Buffalo Street, Church Street, Clarkston Road, Depot Road, Holcomb Street, Main Street(M-15), Miller Road, Waldon Road and Washington Street.
Education
The city's public school district is the Clarkston Community School District.
Demographics
In Clarkston in 2010, there were:
- 402 households
- 248 families
- 440 housing units
- 48.6% Males
- 51.4% Females
- 97.7% White
- 0.6% Asian
- 0.2% African American
- 0.1% Native American
- 2.19 was the average household size
- 2.80 was the average family size
- 21.4% under the age of 18
- 6.0% from 18 to 24
- 22.0% from 25 to 44
- 31.4% from 45 to 64
- 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older
- 45.4 was the median age
Notable people
This list includes people from the area (Clarkston and Independence Township).
- Valerie Bertinelli, actress
- Tim Birtsas, real estate developer, former professional baseball player
- Dan Dickerson, radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers
- Dane Fife, former basketball player and current assistant coach at Michigan State University
- Henry Ford, industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company. Maintained a summer home and weekend cottage on Main Street. Ford also owned a mill which operated on the water from what is now called "Mill Pond" in Clarkston. This building still exists in part but has been modernized into a small mall which includes art galleries and office space. He also purchased the old school building on N Main St to serve as an apprentice school.
- John Hardon, Jesuit priest, theologian
- Steve Howe, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Geoff Johns, comic book writer
- Scott Kamieniecki, former professional baseball player
- Tim McCormick, former professional basketball player and current sports broadcaster
- Bob Miller, former professional football player, business owner
- Marisha Pessl, author
- Ryan Riess, professional poker player, 2013 World Series of Poker champion
- Tim Robinson, comedian, current cast member on Saturday Night Live
- Kid Rock, musician
- Ron Serafini, realtor, former professional hockey player
- David Simko, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
References
Sources
- Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Great Lakes Books Series (Paperback). Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 081431838X. ISBN 978-0814318386.
External links
- Clarkston, Michigan travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Clarkston Community Historical Society
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