Editing Durand, Michigan (section)

==History==
Durand was originally called Vernon Center, and under the latter name was [[plat]]ted in 1836 and named from its location in Vernon Township.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9T4iAAAAIBAJ&pg=1568%2C1275079 | title=Ghost towns and post offices of Shiawassee County | work=The Argus-Press | date=September 15, 2000 | access-date=30 April 2015 | pages=3}}</ref> The present name is for congressman [[George H. Durand]] of [[Flint, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21754|title= Profile for Durand, Michigan, MI |publisher= ePodunk|access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA111 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=111}}</ref> Durand was incorporated as a village in 1887 and as a city in 1932.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=166}}

In a 1967 [[National Educational Radio Network]] radio series, local seniors discussed the early 20th Century history of the town; there were at one point over 10 bars in town where locals could get alcohol and there were often fights, with men coming from other towns to fight the tough men of Durand. Residents also recalled the [[Ku Klux Klan]] burning crosses downtown and organizing rallies against local Catholic residents. The railroad was a fascination with the local children, who often got too close to the tracks and about "once a generation" a child would lose their life playing along the railroad tracks.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=January 17, 1967 |title=The American town: A self-portrait; Durand, Michigan, part 1. |trans-title= |type=radio program |language= |url=http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-500-hh6c6k07 |access-date=May 5, 2022 |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time=21:18 |location=Boston, MA and Washington, DC |publisher= University of Maryland, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress) |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref>