Editing Davison, Michigan (section)

==History==

===Davison Station===
Township section 3, 9 and 10 was Davison Station, which was first settled in 1842 by Eleazer Thurston in section 10. The line of the Chicago and Lake Huron Railroad (now [[Canadian National Railway]]) through the settlement was finished in 1871 marked the beginning of Davison Station. The first saw mill in the township was also built here that year by Dunn and Darling. The township and the settlement had in 1872 a number of firsts: doctor, L. W. Hanson, merchant Damon Stewart and tavern owned and operated by Henry S. Rising.<ref name=hgc-fe>{{cite book|last1=Ellis|first1=Franklin|title=History of Genesee County, Michigan: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers|date=1879|publisher=Everts & Abbott|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historygeneseec00abbogoog/page/n612 398]–405|url=https://archive.org/details/historygeneseec00abbogoog|access-date=May 1, 2015|chapter=Davison}}</ref> On {{dts|1872|4|10}}, Davison Station post office open<ref name=mph>Ellis, David M. Michigan Postal History, The Post Offices 1805-1986. 12-Dec-1993. Via {{gnis|2611339|Davison Post Office}}</ref> with Stewart as the postmaster.<ref name=hgc-fe/> The Free Will Baptist Church, formed in 1859 at and hosted at Herrick Schoolhouse two miles away, moved to a frame church building in the village in 1872.<ref name=hgc-fe/>

In 1873, a cheese factory and flouring mill opened.<ref name=hgc-fe/> The Davison Station post office was renamed to just Davison on {{dts|1893|6|30}}.<ref name=mph/>

===Davison Village===
Davison was incorporated as a village on May 20, 1889. On April 30, 1894, part of downtown, dubbed the Rotten Row, caught fire and wiped the section out. By 1895, the village had a Rosemoor Park with a race track used for horse then add cars.<ref name="fj">{{cite news |last1=Acosta |first1=Roberto |title=Davison group keeps hold on past as city approaches 125th birthday |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2014/04/davison_historical_society_mem.html |access-date=June 14, 2019 |work=Flint Journal |publisher=Mlive Media Group |date=April 13, 2014}}</ref> In 1916, the village had an auditorium, a state bank, Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges, four churches, the Catholic, the Methodist Episcopal, the Free Methodist and the Baptist. The estimated population was 700.<ref name=hgc/> Rosemoor Park began in 1919 hold the county fair every year except one until 1938.<ref name="fj" />

===Davison City===
Davison separated itself from Davison Township by incorporating as a city on {{dts|1938|12|5}}. In 1943, Rosemoor Park closed permanently. The track's owner in 1946 developed a subdivision on the track property.<ref name="fj"/>

In January 2010, it was announced that Davison City Manager Dale Martin and [[Davison Township, Michigan]] Supervisor Kurt Soper had begun preliminary meetings discussing the possibility of merging the two municipalities.