Editing Manchester, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Manchester, Michigan
| official_name            = City of Manchester
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline            = Manchester, Michigan main street.jpg
| imagesize                = 275
| image_caption            = Downtown Manchester along Main Street
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map              = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label_position   = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_label            = Manchester
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
| image_map                = Manchester, MI location.png
| mapsize                  = 250
| map_caption              = Location within [[Washtenaw County, Michigan|Washtenaw County]]

<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Washtenaw County, Michigan|Washtenaw]]

<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = [[Council–manager government|Council–manager]]
| leader_title             = President
| leader_name              = Patricia Vailliencourt
| leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1             = Brittany Kuhnle
| established_title        = Settled
| established_date         = 1833
| established_title1       = Incorporated
| established_date1        = 1867 (village)<br />2023 (city)

<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_26.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 21, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 5.81
| area_land_km2            = 5.51
| area_water_km2           = 0.31
| area_total_sq_mi         = 2.24
| area_land_sq_mi          = 2.13
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.12

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est           = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 2037
| population_density_km2   = 369.82
| population_density_sq_mi = 957.69

<!-- General information -->| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 274
| elevation_ft             = 899
| coordinates              = {{coord|42|08|58|N|84|02|02|W|region:US-MI|display=title,inline}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code              = 48158
| area_code                = [[Area code 734|734]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 26-50660<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 0631375<ref name="GR3">{{GNIS|0631375|Manchester, Michigan}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|https://vil-manchester.org/}}
| footnotes                = 
| pop_est_footnotes        = 
}}
'''Manchester''' is a city in [[Washtenaw County, Michigan|Washtenaw County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 2,037 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Manchester village, Michigan| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| accessdate=July 6, 2012}}</ref>  The city is located within [[Manchester Township, Michigan|Manchester Township]].

Settled as early as 1833, Manchester incorporated as a village in 1867.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities  |type=Paperback  |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| page=346}}</ref>  On November 7, 2023, 66 percent of village residents voted in favor of incorporating Manchester as an autonomous city.<ref>{{cite news |publisher = [[Booth Newspapers]] |work = MLive |url = https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/11/washtenaw-county-gained-a-city-elected-new-leadership-during-nov-7-election.html |title = Washtenaw County gained a city, elected new leadership during Nov. 7 election |date = 8 November 2023 |access-date = November 10, 2023 }}</ref> Manchester officially became a city on November 15, 2023 with the mayor and city councilmembers sworn into office on November 20, 2023.<ref>https://vil-manchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/December-2023-Newsletter.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>

==History==
===Chicago Road===
In 1824 the United States Congress passed the [[General Survey Act]], intended to create and maintain military roads through what was then the west of the country. One third of the funds allocated went to build a road between the strategic army posts of [[Detroit]] and [[Fort Dearborn]], at the little town of [[Chicago]]. Known as the [[Chicago Road]], it followed the old [[Sauk Trail]] and opened the entire area for settlement.

Also in 1824, the land around today's Manchester was surveyed by John Mack, who noted it as being "a good mill seat." [[John Gilbert (major)|John Gilbert]], who had recently completed work on sections of the [[Erie Canal]], agreed with John Mack, and on May 10, 1826 he purchased {{convert|80|acre}} of land along the [[Raisin River]] at that location.<ref name="manchesterareahistoricalsociety1">{{cite web|author=dhowell |url=http://www.manchesterareahistoricalsociety.org/book/major-john-gilbert-founder-manchester-part-1-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020141203/http://manchesterareahistoricalsociety.org/book/major-john-gilbert-founder-manchester-part-1-2 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 20, 2010 |title=Major John Gilbert – The Founder of Manchester (Part 1 of 2) |publisher=Manchester Area Historical Society |date=2008-07-11 |accessdate=2013-10-17}}</ref>

===Early village history===
Originally from [[upstate New York]], John Gilbert resettled to [[Ypsilanti, Michigan]], in 1831.  In 1832, he decided to turn his attention to the extensive land tracts he held in the area.  He commissioned the construction of a grist mill along the River Raisin upon the land he had purchased in 1826.  The original plat of the village of Manchester was prepared by surveyor Hiram Burnham and dated 1833, but was not formally filed until March 25, 1835.  The location was chosen to take advantage of water power from the river and named after [[Manchester (village), New York|Manchester, New York]].<ref name="manchesterareahistoricalsociety1"/>

===Soulesville===
In 1833, James Soule purchased a large tract of land about {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} downstream from Manchester.<ref>{{cite web|author=dhowell |url=http://www.manchesterareahistoricalsociety.org/book/soulesville |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727062811/http://www.manchesterareahistoricalsociety.org/book/soulesville |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |title=Soulesville |publisher=Manchester Area Historical Society |date=2007-04-20 |accessdate=2013-10-17}}</ref>  He built a small settlement he named Soulesville.  Though the two settlements initially competed against each other, on March 16, 1867, both settlements were incorporated into the village of Manchester.<ref>{{cite web|author=dhowell |url=http://www.manchesterareahistoricalsociety.org/book/burr-oak-openings |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727062937/http://www.manchesterareahistoricalsociety.org/book/burr-oak-openings |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |title=Burr Oak Openings |publisher=Manchester Area Historical Society |date=2007-04-20 |accessdate=2013-10-17}}</ref>  The Manchester Village Office and Manchester Public Library are located on the site of the former settlement.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], Manchester has a total area of {{convert|2.24|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|2.13|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.12|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (5.35%) is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/>

The [[River Raisin]] flows through the city.

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|52}} runs through the center of the city.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 1156
|1890= 1191
|1900= 1209
|1910= 1047
|1920= 1024
|1930= 1037
|1940= 1100
|1950= 1388
|1960= 1568
|1970= 1650
|1980= 1686
|1990= 1753
|2000= 2160
|2010= 2091
|2020= 2037
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-11-25}}</ref> of 2010, there were 2,091 people, 938 households, and 570 families living in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|986.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,029 housing units at an average density of {{convert|485.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 98.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.6% of the population.

There were 938 households, of which 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.2% were non-families. 34.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.85.

The median age in the village was 41.3 years. 23.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.8% were from 25 to 44; 29.1% were from 45 to 64; and 15.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 46.9% male and 53.1% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,160 people, 900 households, and 584 families living in the village.  The population density was {{convert|1,201.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 949 housing units at an average density of {{convert|528.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the village was 98.24% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.37% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.46% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.42% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.32% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] residents of any race were 1.48% of the population.

There were 900 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $46,974, and the median income for a family was $56,875. Males had a median income of $43,438 versus $27,396 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $24,113.  About 4.3% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The [[Michigan Lutheran Seminary]] first opened in Manchester 1885 but moved to [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]] two years later.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Scheuerlein|first=Don H.|title=Like A Seed That Is Sown: An Abridged History of Michigan Lutheran Seminary–1885-1982|publisher=Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Essay File|year=1982|location=Mequon, Wisconsin|pages=1–4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Zeiger|first=William E.|title=Michigan Lutheran Seminary: Past, Present, and Future|publisher=Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Essay File|year=2008|location=Mequon, Wisconsin|pages=4–5}}</ref>

Manchester is served by its own school district, [[Manchester Community Schools]].  The district contains three schools—Luther C. Klager Elementary School, Riverside Intermediate School, and Manchester Junior & Senior High School—all of which are located within the city boundaries.  The district serves a very large area that includes portions of several neighboring townships.<ref>{{cite web|last=Michigan Geographic Framework|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_WASHTENAW%20COUNTY.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821052228/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_WASHTENAW%20COUNTY.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-21 |url-status=live|title=Washtenaw County School Districts|date=15 November 2013|accessdate=July 22, 2021}}</ref>

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* [[Fernando C. Beaman]], US Congressman<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000275|title=
BEAMAN, Fernando Cortez, (1814–1882) |publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate= February 23, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Patrick Chapin]], Magic: The Gathering ProTour Player and game designer, born and raised in Manchester<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.magic.gg/news/patrick-chapin-hall-of-fame |title=Patrick Chapin Hall of Fame|publisher= Magic.gg |accessdate= May 16, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Nick Davis(American football)|Nick Davis]], former NFL wide receiver, born in Manchester and played football for Manchester High School<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DaviNi00.htm|title=Nick Davis|publisher= Pro-Football.com |accessdate= February 23, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Cub Koda]], lead singer of [[Brownsville Station (band)|Brownsville Station]], best known for the 1973 hit song "[[Smokin' in the Boys Room]]", which was later covered by [[Mötley Crüe]], graduated from Manchester High School{{Citation needed|date = February 2014}}<!--MISSING CONNECTION TO WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL MANCHESTER-->
* [[John Swainson]], the 42nd governor of Michigan (1961–1963) as well as Justice of the [[Michigan Supreme Court]] (1971–1975), resided in Manchester from the mid-1970s until his death in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_michigan/col2-content/main-content-list/title_swainson_john.html |title= Michigan Governor John Burley Swainson |publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate= February 23, 2014}}</ref>

==Images==
<gallery widths="220px" heights="125px" perrow="4">
File:U.S. Post Office, 103 East Main Street, Manchester, Michigan, ZIP Code 48158 - panoramio.jpg|{{center|U.S. Post Office in Manchester}}
File:Manchester Village Offices.JPG|{{center|Manchester Village Offices}}
File:Fountain-Bessac_House_Historic_Site,_Manchester,_Michigan.JPG|{{center|[[Fountain–Bessac House]]}}
File:Goodyear_Block_Historic_Building,_Manchester,_Michigan.JPG|{{center|Historic [[Goodyear Block]]}}
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Manchester, Michigan}}
* [http://vil-manchester.org City of Manchester official website]
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130415075831/http://www.manchesterareahistoricalsociety.org/ Manchester Area Historical Society]}}
* [http://www.themanchestermirror.com ''The Manchester Mirror''], local news website
* [https://www.manchesterschools.us/ Manchester Community Schools]

{{Washtenaw County, Michigan}}{{Adjacent communities|North-west=[[Grass Lake, Michigan]]|North=[[Chelsea, Michigan]]|North-east=[[Dexter, Michigan]]|WEST=[[Napoleon, Michigan]]|Centre=Manchester, Michigan|EAST=[[Saline, Michigan]]|South-west=[[Brooklyn, Michigan]]|South=[[Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan|Clinton, Michigan]]}}

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[[Category:Cities in Michigan]]
[[Category:Cities in Washtenaw County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1833]]
[[Category:1833 establishments in Michigan Territory]]