Marysville (Michigan)
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Location of Marysville in Michigan
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| Foundation : | 1919 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Michigan | ||
| County : | St. Clair County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 55 ′ N , 82 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 9,959 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 553.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 20.6 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 18.0 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 186 m | ||
| FIPS : | 26-52080 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1624715 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofmarysvillemi.com | ||
Marysville is a small town in St. Clair County in the American state of Michigan . The place is on the west bank of the St. Clair River , a few kilometers south of Port Huron and the southern tip of Lake Huron . Canadian territory begins on the east side of the St. Clair River ; across from Marysville is Froomfield, a suburb of Sarnia . Marysville has about 10,000 residents.
history
Marysville is one of the oldest populated places in Michigan. 1780 went here the first sawmill in operation to the then abundant Weymouth pine ( white pine ) processed to lumber across the St. Clair River to the fast-growing Detroit arrived. After Detroit was almost completely destroyed by a fire in 1805, four more sawmills were built. In the 1840s EP Vickery built a new sawmill here and named the place Vicksburg . In the 1860s, Vickery sold the sawmill on. The new owner renamed the place after his wife Mary Marysville. In October 1919, Marysville was incorporated as a City .
In 1921, Wills Sainte Claire Motor Company produced the first car in a newly built factory in Marysville. Company founder C. Harold Wills was previously chief engineer at Ford . Wills Sainte Claire closed the factory again in 1926, but the expected upswing for the city did not begin. A total of 14,000 cars were produced in Marysville that featured some innovations such as the use of molybdenum steel and taillights. In 1935 Chrysler bought the vacant factory site and opened the Marysville Parts Plant there for vendor parts. In 1930 the inventor and entrepreneur Garfield Arthur Wood opened the Gar Wood Boat Works in the village, which built pleasure boats. During the Second World War , Gar Wood built small transport boats ( Navy Personnel Boats ) for the US Navy in collaboration with Chrysler as a boat engine supplier .
In 2010, the German automotive supplier ZF opened a plant in Marysville to manufacture axles for Chrysler vehicles.
The history and cars of Wills Sainte Claire can be seen today at the Wills Sainte Claire Auto Museum in Marysville.
Personalities
The pop-punk band Every Avenue was formed in Marysville. Ice hockey player Chad Billins was born in Marysville.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Federal Writers' Project : Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State . Oxford University Press, New York 1941, pp. 449-450. Entry in Google Book Search
- ↑ Julie Royce: Traveling Michigan's Thumb . Dog Ear Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1598581449 , p. 35.
- ^ Laura R. Ashlee: Traveling through time: a Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers . University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2005, ISBN 0472030663 , p. 394.
- ^ Dennis Adler: Chrysler . MotorBooks International, 2000, ISBN 0760306958 , pp. 68-69.
- ↑ Press release ZF
- ^ Website of the Wills Sainte Claire Auto Museum in Marysville