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'''Disco, Michigan''' ({{Coord|42|41|02|N|83|02|04|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Disco}})<ref>[http://www.mytopo.com/locations/index.cfm?fid=624694 Disco, MI from ''MyTopo'']. Retrieved 2013-09-25.</ref> was located the at the intersection of Whiskey Road (now 24 Mile Road) and Van Dyke Road.<ref>{{gnis||Disco, Michigan}} & [ GNIS in Google Maps]</ref> and was platted in 1849.<ref>Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 159</ref> It was first populated by non-native Americans around 1830, by settlers who primarily migrated from New York State. Their homesteads were near the common corner of sections 9, 10, 15 and 16 of Shelby Township, then referred to as the "Utica Plains" vicinity.br /> |
'''Disco, Michigan''' ({{Coord|42|41|02|N|83|02|04|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Disco}})<ref>[http://www.mytopo.com/locations/index.cfm?fid=624694 Disco, MI from ''MyTopo'']. Retrieved 2013-09-25.</ref> was located the at the intersection of Whiskey Road (now 24 Mile Road) and Van Dyke Road.<ref>{{gnis||Disco, Michigan}} & [ GNIS in Google Maps]</ref> and was platted in 1849.<ref>Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 159</ref> It was first populated by non-native Americans around 1830, by settlers who primarily migrated from New York State. Their homesteads were near the common corner of sections 9, 10, 15 and 16 of Shelby Township, then referred to as the "Utica Plains" vicinity.br /> |
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Disco got its name from two possible origins: from the Latin "Discare" meaning 'to learn'; or as a contraction of District of Columbia. |
Disco got its name from two possible origins: from the Latin "Discare" meaning 'to learn'; or as a contraction of District of Columbia. |
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The community never incorporated, although the local high school, the "Disco Academy" gained some recognition{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} and a post office operated named Disco from May 5, 1854 until July 31, 1906.<ref>{{gnis|2648182|Disco Post Office (historical), Michigan}} & [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/getgooglemap?p_lat=42.6838889&p_longi=-83.0344444&fid=2648182 GNIS in Google Map]</ref> |
The community never incorporated, although the local high school, the "Disco Academy" gained some recognition{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} and a post office operated named Disco from May 5, 1854 until July 31, 1906.<ref>{{gnis|2648182|Disco Post Office (historical), Michigan}} & [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/getgooglemap?p_lat=42.6838889&p_longi=-83.0344444&fid=2648182 GNIS in Google Map]</ref> |
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The village was made up of two general stores, wagon shops, blacksmith shops, a harness shop, a paint shop, and a hotel named The Halfway House - as the village was at the mid-point of the Concord Coach Line running between Royal Oak and Almont. Industries included a feed mill, cider mill, wooden bowl mill, and a planing mill. |
The village was made up of two general stores, wagon shops, blacksmith shops, a harness shop, a paint shop, and a hotel named The Halfway House - as the village was at the mid-point of the Concord Coach Line running between Royal Oak and Almont. Industries included a feed mill, cider mill, wooden bowl mill, and a planing mill. |
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The Disco Methodist Church was established by Orestes Millerd, who had settled in the area as early as 1827. The Mennonite Church, built in the late 1890s, was used as a house of worship until the early 1930s. In 1988 the building was moved, and reconstructed into a home not far from its original site. |
The Disco Methodist Church was established by Orestes Millerd, who had settled in the area as early as 1827. The Mennonite Church, built in the late 1890s, was used as a house of worship until the early 1930s. In 1988 the building was moved, and reconstructed into a home not far from its original site. |
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Today, a smattering of old homes and a namesake location on county road maps are all that remain of this early Shelby Township historic village.<br /> |
Today, a smattering of old homes and a namesake location on county road maps are all that remain of this early Shelby Township historic village.<br /> |
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<ref>Deborah J.Remer, Lost Villages, Small Towns and Railroad Stops in Oakland and Macomb County</ref> |
<ref>Deborah J.Remer, Lost Villages, Small Towns and Railroad Stops in Oakland and Macomb County</ref> |
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<ref>Leeson, History of Macomb County: Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collection 1874-1912</ref> |
<ref>Leeson, History of Macomb County: Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collection 1874-1912</ref> |
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Disco, Michigan (42°41′02″N 83°02′04″W / 42.68389°N 83.03444°W)[1] was located the at the intersection of Whiskey Road (now 24 Mile Road) and Van Dyke Road.[2] and was platted in 1849.[3] It was first populated by non-native Americans around 1830, by settlers who primarily migrated from New York State. Their homesteads were near the common corner of sections 9, 10, 15 and 16 of Shelby Township, then referred to as the "Utica Plains" vicinity.br />
Disco got its name from two possible origins: from the Latin "Discare" meaning 'to learn'; or as a contraction of District of Columbia.
The community never incorporated, although the local high school, the "Disco Academy" gained some recognition[citation needed] and a post office operated named Disco from May 5, 1854 until July 31, 1906.[4]
The village was made up of two general stores, wagon shops, blacksmith shops, a harness shop, a paint shop, and a hotel named The Halfway House - as the village was at the mid-point of the Concord Coach Line running between Royal Oak and Almont. Industries included a feed mill, cider mill, wooden bowl mill, and a planing mill.
The Disco Methodist Church was established by Orestes Millerd, who had settled in the area as early as 1827. The Mennonite Church, built in the late 1890s, was used as a house of worship until the early 1930s. In 1988 the building was moved, and reconstructed into a home not far from its original site.
Today, a smattering of old homes and a namesake location on county road maps are all that remain of this early Shelby Township historic village.
See also: "The Lost Village of Disco" on the Shelby Township Historical Society website.
References
- ^ Disco, MI from MyTopo. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Disco, Michigan & [ GNIS in Google Maps]
- ^ Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 159
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Disco Post Office (historical), Michigan & GNIS in Google Map
- ^ Deborah J.Remer, Lost Villages, Small Towns and Railroad Stops in Oakland and Macomb County
- ^ Leeson, History of Macomb County: Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collection 1874-1912