Station: Northville, MI

Northville was founded in 1825 and a grist mill was established here in 1826. [MPN] The town, which became a village in 1867 and a city in 1955 straddles both Oakland and Wayne counties, however the Pere Marquette depot was located in Wayne County.

Photo info: Top, the Pere Marquette depot at Northville, Michigan.  This depot burned down in 1968. 2nd photo, the same depot from a trackside view. [Both, Alan Loftis collection]. 3rd photo, a view of the depot under C&O ownership in 1972.  [Charles Geletzke Jr.]  4th photo, the interurban depot at Northville, operated by the Detroit United Railways. [Alan Loftis collection]

Notes

There was a spur off of the main line east to Northville state hospital for the delivery of coal.

Ford Motor established one of its “village industries” at the mill in this town.

Time Line

1898: The Flint & Pere Marquette railway had a daytime station agent here. It was a regular station stop. They also had a water station for locomotives here.

1901. Northville is known as "the Switzerland of Wayne County". The village is home to a U.S. fish hatchery. [DFP-1;901-1027]