Station: Willis, MI

Willis was established in 1880 when the Wabash Railroad came through Augusta Township in southeast Washtenaw County. [MPN] The town was on the Wabash Railroad about five miles west of Belleville.

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1881. March. The managers of the Butler Road are pushing matters in every possible way so as to be ready for business as fast as it comes. At Milwaukee Junction they have completed and ready for use the round-house, coal bins, etc., and today they will put a large force of men at work on the depot buildings at Willis Station, 26 miles from Detroit. [DFP-1881-0315]