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==History== Essexville is named after Ransom P. Essex, a local settler.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n120 121]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21779|title= Profile for Essexville, Michigan, MI|publisher= ePodunk|access-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref> It was first platted in 1867.<ref name=mpn>Walter Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 187</ref> The Essexville Post Office opened on Feb 27, 1871. The Post Office was closed from January 20 to February 24 in 1879.<ref name=po>{{gnis|2547362|Essexville Post Office, Michigan}}<BR>Citation: directoriesUSA. Michigan Business Directory, 2007/2008. 2007/2008. 12-Dec-2007.</ref> It was incorporated as a village in 1883 within [[Hampton Township, Michigan|Hampton Township]]<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7884/31111_4330134-00837? 1910 United States Federal Census: Michigan, Bay County, Hampton Township, Enumeration District 0059 - Essexville Village], Sheet 12, accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site December 2019.</ref> and as a city in 1934.<ref name=mpn/>
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