Rochester Colony Historical Marker

Rochester Colony Historical Marker is a memorial in Township of Duplain, Clinton, Michigan. Rochester Colony Historical Marker is situated nearby to Duplain Methodist Church, as well as near Friendship Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elsie and Saint Johns.

Elsie

Village

Elsie is a village in Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Elsie had a population of 930. The village consists of two noncontiguous portions within Duplain Township in the northeast portion of Clinton County—the smaller of which contains the village's Riverside Cemetery. Elsie is situated 4½ miles northeast of Rochester Colony Historical Marker.

Saint Johns

Town

Photo: kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0.

St. Johns or Saint Johns is the largest city in and the county seat of Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,698 at the 2020 census. Saint Johns is situated 6 miles southwest of Rochester Colony Historical Marker.

Rochester Colony Historical Marker

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “In 1836 a Rochester, New York, association purchased land here and by winter several families were settled in newly built log homes. Methodist circuit riders in 1837 organized a class which became center of the three-county Mapleton circuit.”
Category: historic site
Location: Township of Duplain, Clinton, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.04667° or 43° 2′ 48″ north

Longitude

-84.45436° or 84° 27′ 16″ west

Open location code

86MQ2GWW+M7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11016387886

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Duplain Methodist Church and Friendship Park.

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