Rawsonville
Rawsonville is an unincorporated community on the boundary of Washtenaw County and Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Small parts of the historic community of Rawsonville lie under Belleville Lake, which is an artificial reservoir created in 1925 when the Eastern Michigan Edison Company built the French Landing Dam and Powerhouse along the Huron River.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ghost town in Michigan
- Also known as: “Rawsonville, MI” and “Rawsonville, Michigan”
Places of Interest
Highlights: North Hydro Park and Lakeview Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ypsilanti Charter Township and Charter Township of Van Buren.
Ypsilanti Charter Township
Town
Charter Township of Van Buren
Town
Van Buren Township is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Charter Township of Van Buren is situated 3½ miles east of Rawsonville.
Rawsonville
- Categories: ghost town, unincorporated community, and locality
- Location: Charter Township of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Southeast Michigan, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.21532° or 42° 12′ 55″ north
Longitude
-83.5516° or 83° 33′ 6″ west
Elevation
712 feet (217 metres)
Established
1800
Open location code
86JR6C8X+49
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Rawsonville” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “羅森維爾”
- French: “Rawsonville”
- Turkish: “Rawsonville”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: West Willow and Gault Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: South Hydro Park and Community Garden.
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Worth a closer look: Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.
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