Birch Run was settled about 1852 in southeast Saginaw County. The town was incorporated as a village in 1954. [MPN]
Birch Run was a station stop on the Pere Marquette (later C&O/CSX) railroad 18 miles north of Flint.
Image Info: Top, an early postcard view of the PM depot at Birch Run. 2nd image, an early winter photograph of the same depot. [Alan Loftis collection]. 3rd image, the interurban depot at Birch Run. 1915 [UML]. 4th image, Detroit & Mackinac No. 8, under its own steam power, is photographed south of Birch Run, heading with its train to the Henry Ford Museum in 1979. The entire train was donated by the railroad to the Henry Ford. [Doug Leffler].
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