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Michigan
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. The community is located within Unadilla Township. As an unincorporated community, Gregory has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own but does have its own post office with the 48137 ZIP Code.
Brighton
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Howell
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area. It is one of the westernmost communities included in the Detroit–Warren–Dearborn Metropolitan Statistical Area (
Metro Detroit
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). Gregory sits at an elevation of above sea level.
The community is centered along the northern terminus of M-106 (Main Street) at a curve along M-36. County highway D-32 (Church Street) also begins in Gregory at M-106 and runs for until merging into county highway D-19 near Pinckney. These are the only two county-designated highways in southeast Michigan. Other nearby communities include the unincorporated communities of Williamsville and Unadilla to the south, as well as
Hell
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to the southeast. The village of Stockbridge is to the west in
Ingham County
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general aviation
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airport located about southeast of the center of the community.
Lakelands Trail State Park
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has a trailhead and passes through Gregory, which crosses M-36 in the center of the community at 188 Main Street. Gregory State Game Area is located just northeast of the community. The state game area occupies of land within Unadilla Township and Putnam Township to the east. Unadilla State Wildlife Area is just to the southwest of the community. This wildlife area encompasses of land mostly in Unadilla Township with a small portion extending south into Lyndon Township in
Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the population was 372,258. The county seat is Ann Arbor. The county was authorized by legislation in 1822 and organized as a county in 1826.
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Gregory contains its own post office that uses the 48137 ZIP Code. The post office serves a larger area that includes most of Unadilla Township, as well as a small portion of southern Iosco Township. The ZIP Code extends to the south in Washtenaw County and serves northern portions of Dexter Township and Lyndon Township. The Unadilla Township Offices and Police Department are located within the center of Gregory at 126 Webb Street. The Unadilla Township Fire Department is also headquartered in Gregory at 116 Main Street. The community is served by Stockbridge Community Schools to the west in Stockbridge.
History
The area was originally settled and occupied by the Halstead Gregory farmstead in Unadilla Township in 1884. At the same time, a
Jackson
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branch
Grand Trunk Railroad
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line came through the area and established a depot, which connected from Jackson in the southwest to Pinckney in the northeast. A post office first opened on March 14, 1884 with Halstead Gregory serving as the first postmaster. He also built a general store near the train depot. The post office has remained in operation ever since and is currently located at 114 East M-36 in the center of the community.
Among the oldest businesses in Gregory, Howlett Brothers Hardware opened in 1894 by Fred and
T. Henry Howlett
T. Henry Howlett was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from Gregory, Michigan who was one of six members of the state House killed in the Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing on December 11, 1934.M-106, known locally as Main Street, was extended from Stockbridge and provided a direct route to Jackson. M-36 was also rerouted to run through Gregory, with M-106 having its northern terminus at M-36 in the center of the community. In 1970, D-32 was commissioned as one of the state's first county-designated highways. Known locally as Church Street, it runs through the community of
Hell
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and connects to Pinckney. In 1991, the pathway along the former railway line through Gregory was designated as
Lakelands Trail State Park
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, which serves as a multi-use non-motorized trail that runs from
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to Stockbridge.
There are two designated
Michigan State Historic Sites
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within the Gregory vicinity. The First Presbyterian Church is located at 20175 Williamsville Road. The congregation dates back to 1837, and the building itself dates back to 1846, although it was destroyed by a tornado in 1914 and rebuilt. The Plainfield Methodist Church is another historic site located at 17485 East M-36. This congregation dates back to 1863. The first church was built in 1868 but burned down after being struck by lightning in 1906. The current church was constructed in 1907. Established in 1837, the Unadilla Baseline Cemetery is a county-designated historic site located to the southeast of Gregory.
Judson Dwight Collins
Rev. Judson Dwight Collins (; Pinyin: ''Kēlín''; Foochow Romanized: ''Kŏ̤-lìng''; February 12, 1823 - May 13, 1852) was the first Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist missionary to China.
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was buried here after he died in 1852. Other graves date back to the Civil War period, although many of the earliest grave locations are unknown after the 1914 tornado.
University of Michigan
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T. Henry Howlett
T. Henry Howlett was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from Gregory, Michigan who was one of six members of the state House killed in the Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing on December 11, 1934.Kerns Hotel fire
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, original owner of the Howlett Brothers Hardware in Gregory