Station: Davisburg, MI

Davisburg was settled about 1836 and also known as Davisburgh. It was renamed in 1984. [MPN] It was a station stop on the Detroit & Milwaukee railroad (later GTW/CN) about four miles southeast of Holly in Oakland County.

Photo Info: Top, the GTW depot at Davisburg. 2nd image, another view of the depot. [Alan Loftis collection]. 3rd photo, the same depot which has been moved to a new location and turned into a home, in 2003. [Frank Riess]

Notes

Time Line

1888. N.J. Ellis had the misfortune to have a $70 harness burn in the Davisburg depot. The Sunday school of this place, was also the loser of its new singing books. [OCA-1888-0517]

1911. Lewis Kennedy and Clifford Warner, two tramps who were arrested for robbing the Davisburg depot on the night of December 6 (1911) and who later pleaded guilty to the charge, came up for sentence before Judge Smith in the Circuit court Friday and drew terms of from three to 15 years each at Jackson. The stole $118 and money orders. [NWO-1912-0111]

1917: The GTW had a station agent here during the day. [TRT]