Editing Raisinville Township, Michigan (section)

==History==
Raisinville Township was first organized in 1823 within Monroe County in the [[Michigan Territory]]. Riley Ingersoll, one of the area's first settlers, served as the first township supervisor. Several later townships within the county were organized from the township's original boundaries.<ref>{{cite book |first=John|last=Bulkley |title=History of Monroe County, Michigan: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests |date=1913  |publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company |location=Chicago / New York |pages=487–488 }}</ref>

The [[Bridge School (Michigan)|Bridge School]] is recognized as the first public school district in the state of Michigan (then the Michigan Territory) when it opened in 1828. It operated until 1946 before being closed down and absorbed into [[Dundee Community Schools]]. The building was later donated to the township and began serving as the township hall in 1982. The Bridge School was listed as a [[Michigan State Historic Preservation Office|Michigan State Historic Site]] on December 17, 1987.<ref>{{cite web|last=Groundspeak, Inc.|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM28FY|year=2010|title=First Public School in Michigan - Bridge School - Raisinville Township|access-date=August 4, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=State of Michigan|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/10434.htm|year=2009|title=Bridge School|access-date=August 2, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511130338/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/10434.htm|archive-date=May 11, 2012}}</ref>

On January 9, 1997, [[Comair Flight 3272]] crashed into a corn field in Raisinville Township. The [[Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia]] aircraft, operated by [[Comair (United States)|COMAIR Airlines, Inc.]], experienced [[icing conditions]] and crashed during a rapid descent. All 26 passengers and three crewmembers died in the crash.<ref>{{cite web|last=[[National Transportation Safety Board]]|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9804_body.pdf|title=Aircraft Accident Report|date=November 4, 1998|accessdate=December 28, 2022}}</ref>