Editing Maybee, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Maybee, Michigan
|settlement_type          = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
|official_name            = 
|motto                    = "The Best Little Town in Michigan"
|image_skyline            = maybee_bluebush_road.JPG
|imagesize                = 275
|image_caption            = Looking east along Bluebush Road
|image_seal               = 
|image_map                = Maybee, MI location 2020.png
|mapsize                  = 250
|map_caption              = Location within [[Monroe County, Michigan|Monroe County]] and the state of Michigan
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|map_caption1             = 
|pushpin_map              = Michigan#USA
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|pushpin_label            = Maybee
|pushpin_map_caption      = 
|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[Civil township|Township]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Monroe County, Michigan|Monroe]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Exeter Township, Michigan|Exeter]]
|government_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web|last=Village of Maybee|url=http://maybeevillage.com/village-council/|title=Village Council|date=2020|accessdate=May 7, 2021}}</ref>
|government_type          = [[Town council|Village council]]
|leader_title             = President
|leader_name              = Joel Grubb
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Kate Napier
|established_title        = Established
|established_date         = 1873
|established_title1       = Incorporated
|established_date1        = 1899 
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023">{{cite web |title=2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_gaz_place_26.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=November 1, 2023}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 4.82
|area_land_km2            = 4.77
|area_water_km2           = 0.05
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.86
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.84
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|elevation_ft             = 636
|elevation_m              = 194
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US2652440&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Maybee village, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 1, 2023}}</ref>
|population_total         = 545
|pop_est_as_of            = 
|pop_est_footnotes        = 
|population_est           =
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 114.11
|population_density_sq_mi = 295.55
|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|coordinates              = {{coord|42|00|14|N|83|30|56|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]s
|postal_code              = 48159<br>48162 ([[Monroe, Michigan|Monroe]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 734|734]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-52440<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 631766<ref name=GNIS>{{GNIS|631766}}</ref>
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = {{URL|maybeevillage.com}}
}}
'''Maybee''' ({{IPAc-en|m|eɪ|'|b|iː}} {{respell|may|BEE}}) is a village in [[Monroe County, Michigan|Monroe County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]].<ref name=GNIS/> The population was 545 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/> The village is located within [[Exeter Township, Michigan|Exeter Township]]. Maybee was established in 1873 and incorporated as a village in 1899.<ref name=ROMIG>{{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 |series=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback  |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| pages=358–359}}</ref>

==History==
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   | footer    = Main Street in 1910 (top) and the former Maybee Station (bottom)
   | image1    = Village of Maybee, Michigan (1910).jpg
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   | image2    = Maybee Station (Michigan).jpg
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Maybee was established as early as 1873 in the southwest part of Exeter Township when the [[Canada Southern Railway]] built a railway line through the area.<ref name=HISTORY>{{cite web|last=Village of Maybee|url=http://maybeevillage.com/home/history/|title=Village of Maybee: History|date=2021|accessdate=May 5, 2021}}</ref> The line was soon transferred to the [[Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad]], which transported manufactured charcoal and other forest products from Maybee to [[Detroit]] in the northeast and [[Ohio]] to the south.<ref>{{cite web|last=Michiganrailroads.com|url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/stations-locations/122-monroe-county-58/1486-maybee-mi|title=Station: Maybee, MI|date=2021|accessdate=May 1, 2021}}</ref> The community was named for early settler Abram Maybee. Along with Joseph Klotz, the two surveyed, platted, and bought and sold the land by 1875. The village grew to include a [[grain elevator]], [[gristmill]], mining quarry and sand pit, hotel, several churches and schools, and numerous small factories and stores. The growing population led to Maybee becoming incorporated as a village in 1899.<ref name=ROMIG/>

The Maybee Station no longer exists, but the railway line continues to run through the village. The line is currently operated by the [[Canadian National Railway]] but no longer contains a station at this point along its route.<ref>{{cite web|last=[[Michigan Department of Transportation]]|url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/MI_Rail_Map_553909_7.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416062714/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/MI_Rail_Map_553909_7.pdf |archive-date=April 16, 2017 |url-status=live|title=Michigan's Railroad System|date=2017|accessdate=May 3, 2021}}</ref>

Maybee received its first post office on February 24, 1874. This post office was discontinued on February 3, 1972.<ref>{{GNIS|2438841|Maybee Post Office (historical)}}</ref> Another post office was established on August 1, 1903, and this office remains in operation and is currently located at 7580 Mill Street.<ref>{{cite web|last=[[United States Postal Service]]|url=https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/first-rfd-michigan.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420233410/http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/first-rfd-michigan.pdf |archive-date=April 20, 2013 |url-status=live|title=Michigan: Dates That First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices, through 1904|date=April 2008|accessdate=May 3, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{GNIS|2796528|Maybee Post Office}}</ref>

The London–Maybee–Raisinville Volunteer Fire Department was formed in 1952 and serves the village and surrounding area. The station is located at 8755 Baldwin Road in the southwest corner of the village.<ref>{{GNIS|2620081|London–Maybee–Raisinville Volunteer Fire Department}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Village of Maybee|url=http://maybeevillage.com/fire-department/|title=Village of Maybee: Fire Department|date=2021|accessdate=May 4, 2021}}</ref>

The village of Maybee contains two active cemeteries along Raisin Street. The Northside Cemetery and Saint Joseph Cemetery are located within the village boundaries.<ref>{{GNIS|633657|North Side Cemetery}}</ref><ref>{{GNIS|636805|Saint Joseph Cemetery}}</ref> The North Side Cemetery contains graves dating back to 1876, while the Saint Joseph Cemetery has graves dating back to 1871.

The village boundaries remained the same from 1899 until 2013 when the village acquired {{convert|546|acres|sqkm|2}} of land belonging to the Stoneco Quarry just north of the village.<ref name=HISTORY/> The current village offices are located at 9043 Raisin Street, which is next to the Maybee Village Hall. The historic hall was first constructed in 1912 and housed the village government offices and fire station until 1977. The structure was listed as a [[Michigan State Historic Preservation Office|Michigan State Historic Site]] on March 15, 1988.<ref name=HIST/> The building has been used since March 2021 as a sheriff substation for the Monroe County Police Department.<ref>{{cite news |work = The Monroe News |url = https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/crime/2021/03/11/new-sheriff-substation-launched-maybee/6929438002/ |title = Sheriff sets up substation in Maybee |date = March 11, 2021 |access-date = May 6, 2021 }}</ref>

==Geography==
Maybee is in rural northern Monroe County, in the southwest part of Exeter Township. It is {{convert|10|mi|0}} northwest of [[Monroe, Michigan|Monroe]], the [[county seat]], and {{convert|9|mi|0}} northeast of [[Dundee, Michigan|Dundee]]. According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.86|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.84|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are land and {{convert|0.012|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, or 0.65%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/>

The Robert Drain flows through the northern portion of the village and provides drainage into [[Stony Creek (Michigan)|Stony Creek]].<ref>{{GNIS|636034|Robert Drain}}</ref> The Antes Drain flows through the southern portion of the village and connects to [[Sandy Creek (Michigan)|Sandy Creek]], which also flows through the village.<ref>{{GNIS|619740|Antes Drain}}</ref><ref>{{GNIS|637228|Sandy Creek}}</ref> Stony Creek and Sandy Creek are each direct tributaries of [[Lake Erie]].

Maybee has its own post office with the 48159 ZIP Code. The Maybee post office serves a much larger area, including portions of [[Exeter Township, Michigan|Exeter Township]], [[London Township, Michigan|London Township]], [[Milan Township, Michigan|Milan Township]], and very small portions of [[Dundee Township, Michigan|Dundee Township]] and [[Raisinville Township, Michigan|Raisinville Township]].<ref>{{cite web|last=UnitedStatesZipCodes.org|url=https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/48159/|title=ZIP Code 48159: Maybee|date=2021|accessdate=May 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Maybee,+MI+48159/@42.0345857,-83.6271633,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x883b605710ad644f:0xa85cee456f1afbb4!8m2!3d42.0262329!4d-83.5603112 |title = 48159 ZIP Code map |access-date = May 7, 2021 }}</ref>  The southwestern portion of the village uses the Monroe 48162 ZIP Code.<ref>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Monroe,+MI+48162/@41.9521434,-83.5155278,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x883b65c1bf112ad9:0x186e84a38bfe8bcd!8m2!3d41.9480522!4d-83.4003037 |title = 48162 ZIP Code map |access-date = May 7, 2021 }}</ref>

Other nearby villages include [[Carleton, Michigan|Carleton]] to the northeast and [[Dundee, Michigan|Dundee]] to the southwest. Maybee is about halfway between the cities of [[Milan, Michigan|Milan]] to the northwest and Monroe to the southeast. The unincorporated community of [[Scofield, Michigan|Scofield]] is about one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) to the northeast within Exeter Township.

==Education==
There are no schools located within Maybee. Although the village is relatively small, it is served by two separate school districts. The majority of the village is served by [[Monroe Public Schools (Michigan)|Monroe Public Schools]] in the far northwest corner of the district's boundaries. A small portion of the village west of Baldwin Road is served by [[Dundee Community Schools]] at the easternmost point of the district's boundaries.<ref>{{cite web|last=Michigan Geographic Framework|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_MONROE%20COUNTY.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821004401/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_MONROE%20COUNTY.pdf |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=live|title=Monroe County School Districts|date=November 15, 2013|accessdate=April 28, 2021}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 200
|1910= 310
|1920= 290
|1930= 346
|1940= 390
|1950= 428
|1960= 459
|1970= 485
|1980= 490
|1990= 500
|2000= 505
|2010= 562
|2020= 545
|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=November 25, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 562 people, 205 households, and 154 families living in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|562.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 223 housing units at an average density of {{convert|223.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 96.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.8% of the population.

There were 205 households, of which 42.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 24.9% were non-families. 22.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.23.

The median age in the village was 34.9 years. 31% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.9% were from 25 to 44; 30.9% were from 45 to 64; and 5.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 49.8% male and 50.2% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 505 people, 170 households, and 126 families living in the village.  The population density was {{convert|432.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 184 housing units at an average density of {{convert|157.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the village was 98.42% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.40% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.20% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.59% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.40% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.78% of the population.

There were 170 households, out of which 42.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.42.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 31.1% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 5.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 118.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $50,962, and the median income for a family was $60,000. Males had a median income of $42,386 versus $23,929 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $18,716.  About 2.4% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Images==
{{Infobox historic site
| name = Maybee Village Hall
| location = 9051 Raisin Street
| image = Maybee, MI historic village hall.jpg
| image_size = 250
| coordinates = {{coord|42|00|17|N|83|30|56|W|region:US-MI_type:landmark|display=inline}}
| built = 1912
| designation1 = Michigan State Historic Site
| designation1_date = March 15, 1988<ref name=HIST>{{cite web|last=State of Michigan|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/10456.htm|year=2009|title=Maybee Village Hall|accessdate=August 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511130355/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/10456.htm|archive-date=May 11, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
<gallery widths="220px" heights="125px" perrow="3">
File:Maybee, MI village hall (2021).jpg|{{center|Current village hall}}
File:Maybee, MI post office (2021).jpg|{{center|U.S. post office in Maybee}}
File:Maybee, MI branch library.jpg|{{center|Monroe County Library branch in Maybee}}
File:Stoneco Maybee Michigan Quarry.JPG|{{center|Stoneco Quarry}}
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|maybeevillage.com}}

{{Monroe County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Villages in Michigan]]
[[Category:Villages in Monroe County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1873]]
[[Category:1873 establishments in Michigan]]