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Lapeer may refer to a location in the United States: * Lapeer, Kansas * Lapeer, Michigan * Lapeer County, Michigan * Lapeer Township, Michigan * Lapeer, New York See also * USS ''Lapeer'' (PC-1138) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapeer, Kansas
Lapeer is a ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. History Lapeer was founded in 1855 on the Santa Fe Trail route. The community was named after Lapeer, Michigan Lapeer ( ') is a City (Michigan), city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Lapeer County, Michigan, Lapeer County. As of the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census, the city population was 8,841. Most of the city was incorporat .... The Lapeer post office closed in 1902. References Further reading Geography of Douglas County, Kansas Ghost towns in Kansas {{ghost-town-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapeer, Michigan
Lapeer ( ') is a City (Michigan), city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Lapeer County, Michigan, Lapeer County. As of the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census, the city population was 8,841. Most of the city was incorporated from land that was formerly in Lapeer Township, Michigan, Lapeer Township, though portions were also annexed from Mayfield Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, Mayfield Township and Elba Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, Elba Township. Lapeer is in southern Michigan, east of Flint, Michigan, Flint, on the Flint River (Michigan), Flint River. History By an ordinance of the Congress of the United States passed on July 13, 1787, the area lying northwest of the Ohio River, though still occupied by the British, was organized as the Northwest Territory. Lapeer County was once part of the Northwest Territory. In January 1820, the county of Oakland was formed, which served the area now known as Lapeer, until the County of Lapeer was formed in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapeer County, Michigan
Lapeer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 88,619. The county seat is Lapeer. The county was created on September 18, 1822, and was fully organized on February 2, 1835. The name is a corruption of the French ''la pierre'', which means "the stone". Lapeer County is located north of Detroit and east of Flint. History Lapeer County was part of New France from 1534. As New France gained in population, this area was considered part of the Pays d'en Haut (upper countries) dependency of the Colony of Canada, from its formation as a department of New France in 1712. In 1763 England took possession of all French territory in North America east of the Mississippi River after winning the Seven Years' War. It renamed the colony and its dependencies as the Province of Quebec. France and England had controlled trading with First Nations in this area by establishing forts as a place for gathering and trading, and to settle d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapeer Township, Michigan
Lapeer Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,056 at the 2010 Census. The name is an Americanization of the French ''La pierre'', which means "flint" or "flint stone". Communities * The city of Lapeer is located to the northwest and incorporates land from the township, but is administratively autonomous. The Lapeer post office, with ZIP code 48446, also serves most of Lapeer Township. * Hunters Creek is an unincorporated community in the southern part of township at . The settlement was named for the nearby stream and dates from approximately 1836. A post office opened on October 30, 1857, with Harris M. Tripp as the first postmaster. It became a station on the Detroit and Bay City Railroad in 1872. John Clark built a sawmill and shingle mill in 1873. * The community and township of Attica is to the east, and the Attica Post Office, with ZIP code 48412, also serves a portion of eastern Lapeer Township. * The village of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapeer, New York
Lapeer is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States. The population was 767 at the 2010 census. Lapeer is on the southern border of Cortland County and is south of the city of Cortland. History The town was within the Central New York Military Tract. The first outside settler arrived around 1799. His name was Primus Grant, a Black man from Guiana. He is buried on a bluff overlooking a stream known as "Big Brook". Unfortunately, little is known of him, his family, how he arrived in the area, or his history. Lapeer was formed from the town of Virgil in 1845. Lapeer is a dry town, meaning the consumption and possession of alcohol within the boundaries of the community is prohibited. The Stage Coach Inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.57%, is water. The south town line is the border of Tioga and Broome counties. The Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |