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Roseville, Macomb, MI
It was in Wayne County when tavern-keeper William C Rose became its first postmaster on Sept. 21, 1836; the community developed largely through an influx of Irish and German settlers about 1843; it was a part of Erin Township until incorporated as a village in 1925; incorporated as a city in 1957.
Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More ... By Walter Romig
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The first permanent post office in the area was established in 1840 by William Rose who named it the Roseville Post Office in honor of his father Dennison Rose, a veteran of the War of 1812.
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1854 - Roseville
Roseville, a post-office of Macomb Co., Michigan.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1895 - Roseville
Roseville, a post-village of Macomb co., Mich., in Erin township, near the Grand Trunk Railroad, 11 miles N.N.E. of Detroit. It has several churches.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1906
Roseville, a post-village of Macomb co., Mich., 11 miles NNE. of Detroit.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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(Roseville, MI) - Michigan’s first commercial airport, Packard Field, opened at Gratiot Avenue and Frazho Road in 1919.
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The Village of Roseville was incorporated in 1926 and the Municipal Building was constructed in 1929 at Gratiot Avenue and Meier Road.
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(Roseville, MI) - The Erin-Roseville Library was established in 1936 in one room of the Municipal Building.
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In 1958, the village of Roseville and remaining parts of Erin Township were incorporated as the City of Roseville.
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