Monroe County, Michigan
Raisinville Township Real Estate and Local Guide
Raisinville Township, organized in 1823 and named for the River Raisin that flows through its center, spans 48.5 square miles west of the city of Monroe and counted 5,903 residents at the 2020 census
Living in Raisinville Township
Home of the Bridge School, recognized as the first fully organized public school district in Michigan when it opened in 1828 and listed as a Michigan State Historic Site on December 17, 1987. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Homes in Raisinville Township
What makes Raisinville Township home
Bridge School
Michigan's first fully organized public school district built its log schoolhouse here in 1828 and the site now serves as the Raisinville Township Hall
The Potter's Field Historical Marker
Marker on South Raisinville Road at the former Monroe County poor farm and infirmary land, purchased in 1832 and 1871, where indigent residents were buried in unmarked graves
River Raisin
River flows through the center of the township, which was organized in 1823 and named for it
Raisinville Township Hall Launch Site
Canoe and kayak access point on the River Raisin at the township hall on Ida-Maybee Road, a short walk from parking to the river's edge
River Raisin Water Trail Middle Route
Paddling route that begins in Raisinville Township and runs downstream through the City of Monroe
Raisinville Township areas to know
Grape
Unincorporated community in the central part of the township named after the township itself, since raisin is French for grape
Raisinville
Original settlement named after the River Raisin, where Colonel John Anderson arrived in 1822 and Blanchard became the first permanent settler in 1823
Strasburg
Unincorporated community first settled in 1828 for lime kiln operations