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Who lived where and when? Where was a business and when? This database contains that information. It will always be a work in progress. I have started with the 48879 zip code and add others as I find them. You have search capabilities for a NAME, POSTAL/HOUSE NUMBER, or STREET NAME.

The SOURCE column key consists of: Census records (C), City/County documents (CD), City directories (D), Death Certificates (DC), History book (HB), Miscellaneous (M), Newspaper (N), Photo (P), Plat map (PM), Sanborn map (SM).


The PROPERTY TYPE column key consists of: Apartment (A), Business (B), City/County Office (C), Church (CH), Hospital (H), Park (P), Trailer park (TP), Residence (R), School (S).

If the STREET name has an * after it, that means at some point the name was changed. That column key is:
BARKER became BAKER
BRECKENRIDGE (W of Lansing St.) became W. BALDWIN
CLINTON ST. (W of Lansing St.) became W MCCONNELL
ELLA (W of Lansing St.) became DIBBLE and then PARK
GIBBS AVE. became GILES ST.
IONIA (W of Emmons) became W STATE ST / M-21
LAUREL (W of the courthouse) became W MAPLE / MAPLE AVE / MAPLE ST
E MAPLE (E of the courthouse) became LINDEN AVE/ST
ROGERS (W of Lansing St) became W CASS
STEWART became S CLINTON AVE
STOUT (W of Elm) became GIBBS ST
TROWBRIDGE became CHURCH ST
WHITTEMORE is also known as US-27 or BUS-127

If there is a blank area, it is because the information was not available. House/business numbers will/can change over the years because of new properties being added to the area.

In 1949 North Clinton Avenue "down town" changed from 2 digit numbers to 3 digit numbers. These are based on the individual buildings.  Some stores used 2 buildings with only 1 address number.

Here are  the before and after numbers:
1949 CLINTON AVENUE NUMBER CHANGES
BLOCK 1
SOUTH END

BLOCK 2
MIDDLE

BLOCK 3
NORTH END
WEST SIDE
EAST SIDE

WEST SIDE
EAST SIDE

WEST SIDE
EAST SIDE
1 - 101
2 - 100

25 - 201
26 - 200

49 - 301
50 - 300
3 - 103
4 - 102

27 - 203
28 - 200

51 - 303
52 - 302
5 - 105
6 - 104

29 - 205
30 - 206

53 - 305
54 - 304
7 - 107
8 - 108

31 - 207
32 - 208

55 - 307
56 - 306
9 - 109
10 - 110

33 - 209
34 - 210

57 - 309
58 - 308
11 - 111
12 - 112

35 - 211
36 - 212

59 - 311
60 - 310
13 - 113
14 - 114

37 - 213
38 - 216

61 - 313
62 - 312
15 - 115
16 - 116

39 - 215
40 - 218

63 - 315
64 - 314
17 - 117
18 - 118

41 - 217
42 - 220

65 - 319
66 - 316
19 - 119
20 - 120

43 - 219
44 - 222

67 - 321
68 - 318
21 - 121
22 - 122

45 - 221
46 - 224

69 - 323
70 - 320
23 - 123
24 - 124

47 - 223
48 - 226

71 - 325
72 - 322


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Last update February 17, 2023


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