Lapeer, Michigan Lapeer, Michigan Lapeer County Courthouse Lapeer County Courthouse Location of Lapeer, Michigan Location of Lapeer, Michigan County Lapeer Lapeer is a town/city in the U.S.
State of Michigan and is the governmental center of county of Lapeer County. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 8,841.
Most of the town/city was incorporated from territory that was formerly in Lapeer Township, though portions were also took in from Mayfield Township and Elba Township.
Lapeer is in southern Michigan, east of Flint, on the Flint River.
The name "Lapeer" is a corruption of the French la pierre, which means "the flint". (See List of Michigan county name etymologies.) Lapeer County was once part of the Northwest Territory.
In January 1820, the county of Oakland was formed, which served the region now known as Lapeer, until the County of Lapeer was formed in 1837, when Michigan became a state.
Folklore claims Lapeer was derived from the naming of the south branch of the Flint River, which flows northwestward in Lapeer County.
It is also believed that the first pioneer who came from New York State may have brought the name Lapeer from a similarly titled city in their home state.
He came to Lapeer in 1831 and platted the Village of Lapeer, November 8, 1833.
The plat was registered in Pontiac on December 14, 1833, in the County of Oakland; four years before Michigan became a state and Lapeer became a county.
Hart became a State Senator in 1843, representing Lapeer, Oakland, Genesee, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Saginaw Counties and the entire Upper Peninsula.
Hart died on August 22, 1874, and is buried in Lapeer.
He came to Lapeer in 1833.
Hart formed Lapeer and Mr.
White formed what was then known as Whitesville, which now consists of the portion of Lapeer.
The White family erected one at the present site of the Old Lapeer High School at Main and Genesee Streets, while the Hart family erected one at Nepessing and Court Streets.
The Board of Supervisors purchased the Hart courthouse for $3,000, which is now the earliest continuously running courthouse in the state of Michigan and one of the earliest 10 courthouses in the United States.
White's courthouse later became the first school in Lapeer called Lapeer Academy.
Lapeer's first church was the Congregational Church; organized in 1833, the same year Lapeer was platted.
Lumbering was the sole trade in the early days of Lapeer.
Lapeer later became the intersection to two state trunk lines: M-21 and M-24.
On October 26, 2010, Lapeer became a beginning member of the Karegnondi Water Authority. On August 15, 2012, the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot was won from a ticket sold at a Sunoco station in Lapeer.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.38 square miles (19.11 km2), of which 7.13 square miles (18.47 km2) is territory and 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2) is water. It is considered to be part of the Thumb of Michigan, which in turn is a subregion of the Flint/Tri-Cities.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 36.5% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Lapeer is member of Karegnondi Water Authority and of the Greater Lapeer County Utilities Authority. Lapeer is served by the Lapeer District Library. Public schools in the Lapeer are run by the Lapeer Community Schools.
Lapeer formerly utilized two high schools, Lapeer East High School and Lapeer West High School, however in 2014 the schools were consolidated into Lapeer High School.
Lapeer is home to the following private schools: Lapeer is home to a range of historic homes that have been restored and maintained to display their initial elegance.
Next to to Lapeer's Central Business District on Nepessing Street is the Piety Hill Historic District, 29 properties that are largely nineteenth-century dwellings; one-sixth of the buildings are churches.
The precinct is in an irregularly shaped region of approximately 15.5 acres positioned just west of Lapeer's downtown company district.
M-21 - previously ran through Lapeer but its designation was removed east of Flint after the culmination of I-69.
See also: Lapeer station Amtrak, the nationwide passenger rail system, provides service to Lapeer, operating its Blue Water daily in both directions between Chicago and Port Huron.
Greater Lapeer Transportation Authority (GLTA) is the small-town enhance bus fitness serving Lapeer and the encircling area.
Local radio in Lapeer includes WLCO AM, WQUS FM, and WMPC AM.
WQUS 103.1 FM, Lapeer, "US 103.1" Classic Hits WMPC 1230 AM, Lapeer, Gospel Radio 1230 WLCO 1530 AM, Lapeer, Real Country (Daytime Only) The Lapeer Area View is a no-charge small-town newspaper, mailed to homes throughout the county every Thursday.
Lapeer is in the Detroit and Flint tv markets; Lapeer also receives most stations from the Flint-Saginaw-Bay City market.
Charter Communications in Lapeer carry most Detroit channels and most primary Flint/Tri-Cities channels.
"Lapeer signs onto water authority".
Lapeer District Library website.
Lapeer County.
City of Lapeer Lapeer Chamber of Commerce Municipalities and communities of Lapeer County, Michigan, United States
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