Editing Coldwater, Michigan (section)

==History==
American settlers first moved into the area around 1830, with many arriving from New York and New England.<ref name="A Brief History of Coldwater">{{cite web|url= http://www.coldwater.org/CommunityResources/History_Brief.html|title= A Brief History of Coldwater|publisher= City of Coldwater|access-date= June 17, 2014|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140621122812/http://www.coldwater.org/CommunityResources/History_Brief.html|archive-date= June 21, 2014}}</ref> Coldwater was incorporated as a village in 1837, and then incorporated by the legislature as a city in 1861.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historic Dates of Coldwater|url=http://www.coldwater.org/Content/Coldwater_HistoricDates.html|publisher=City of Coldwater|access-date=July 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504193325/http://www.coldwater.org/Content/Coldwater_HistoricDates.html|archive-date=May 4, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was designated in 1842 as the county seat of Branch County.<ref name="A Brief History of Coldwater"/>