Editing Flushing Township, Michigan (section)

==History==
[[File:Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent.png|left|thumb|100px|Thomas L. L. Brent]]
In the fall of 1835, Rufus Harrison was the first settler in the future Flushing Township.<ref name="hgc5">{{cite book| last = Wood| first = Edwin O.| title =History of Genesee County, Michigan, Her People, Industries and Institutions Chapter V:  Flushing Township | publisher = Michigan Historical Commission| year = 1916  | url =http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/lapeer/gen/ch5/flushing.html }}</ref> [[Flint Township, Michigan|Flint Township]] was organized in 1836 and included the township areas of [[Burton, Michigan|Burton]], [[Clayton Township, Genesee County, Michigan|Clayton]], Flushing, [[Mount Morris Township, Michigan|Mt. Morris]], [[Genesee Township, Michigan|Genesee]], [[Thetford Township, Michigan|Thetford]], [[Vienna Township, Genesee County, Michigan|Vienna]] and [[Montrose Township, Michigan|Montrose]].  Genesee and Flushing Townships were split off on March 6, 1838.<ref name="hgc">{{cite book| last = Wood| first = Edwin O.| title = History of Genesee County, Michigan, Her People, Industries and Institutions| publisher = Michigan Historical Commission| year = 1916| url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/lapeer/gen/ch5/pio.html| access-date = 2009-11-17| archive-date = 2006-10-06| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061006120254/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/lapeer/gen/ch5/pio.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> Flushing Township originally included survey townships of 7 & 8 North in Range 5 East and the west half of 7 & 8 North in Range 6 East.  At a meeting at Ezekiel R. Ewing's house, Dover was proposed by Ebenezer French as the township's name.  However, since another [[Dover Township (disambiguation)|Dover Township]] already existed in the state, the Michigan legislature chose Flushing. With a loss of early records, only the identity of the first clerk, Abiel C. Bliss, is known.  In October, 1838, the Township was divided into five school districts and appointed two school inspectors, Abiel C. Bliss and Jarvis Bailey.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of Genesee county, Michigan. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers.  |last=Ellis |first=Franklin |pages=269, 271 |url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;idno=bad0919.0001.001;q1=Burton;q2=Genesee;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=360 |chapter=Flushing Township |access-date=2009-11-17 }}</ref>

[[Thomas L. L. Brent]] was a prominent early settler coming before 1836 and purchased up to {{convert|70000|acre|km2}} of Michigan land.  He built a saw mill and dam, which was destroyed by a [[freshet]], in Section 3 on the Flint River.<ref name="hgc5" /> He thus found the Brent Creek community.<ref name="Romig"/>

In the 1840, the "English Settlement" started to form in the Township's northwest area with settlers from England. The [[Flushing, Michigan|Village of Flushing]] was platted that same year, 1840.<ref name="hgc5" /> [[Clayton Township, Genesee County, Michigan|Clayton Township]] (survey township 7N 5E) was split off in 1846.  In 1855, the West half of survey township 8 North in Range 6 East was reunited with the East half to form [[Mount Morris Township, Michigan|Mt. Morris Township]].<ref name="hgc" /> The Flushing community was incorporated as a village on March 21, 1877.<ref name=hgc6>{{cite book| last =Ellis | first =Franklin | title =History of Genesee county, Michigan. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers.| publisher =Everts & Abbott | year =1879 | location =Philadelphia, PA. | pages =274–276 | url =http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;sid=bc2e9508b2f4f83b0bb57f56ffd896b4;q1=Burton;q2=Genesee;op2=and;op3=and;rgn=pages;idno=bad0919.0001.001;view=image;seq=507;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset; }}</ref>

On December 22, 1951, a B-29 Superfortress crashed onto the farm of Crerston E. Sammons, off Beecher Road. The bomber was on a routine navigational training flight from Minneapolis to its home base at [[Griffiss Air Force Base|Griffiss Field]] at [[Rome, New York]] when its engines failed. The dead pilot, 1st Lieutenant Robert Davis Phelps<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Davis Phelps {{!}} American Battle Monuments Commission |url=https://api.abmc.gov/decedent-search/phelps=robert-0 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=api.abmc.gov |language=en}}</ref> of [[Andover, New Hampshire]], was found near the wreckage with his body wrapped within his parachute. Phelps is credited with steering the crippled aircraft away from residential areas and preventing further loss of life.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/209738976/?terms=snow+flushing+mich|title=24 Dec 1951, Page 4 - The Times Herald at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> The seven other crew members parachuted to safety.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/title_3676/detroit_free_press/|title=Detroit Free Press on Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-21}}</ref>

On Monday November 27, 2017, the northern loop set of municipalities, including Flushing, began receiving water from the [[Karegnondi Water Authority]] pipeline and treated by Genesee County Drain Commission Water and Waste Division.<ref name="fj">{{cite news|last1=Acosta|first1=Roberto|title=New Genesee County treatment plant to begin delivering water Monday|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2017/11/new_genesee_county_treatment_p.html|access-date=November 27, 2017|date=November 26, 2017}}</ref>