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Hazelton, Michigan

Hazelton is in Shiawassee County, with approximately 2,010 residents.

Well-Known Places in Hazelton

Misteguay Creek, Hazelton (Ratville), Methodist Episcopal Church of New Lothrop marker.

Hazelton Business Districts

• New Lothrop
• Juddville

About Hazelton, Michigan

History of Hazelton

• The township is named for brothers George, Edgar and Porter Hazelton, who built a bridge across the Flint River in 1849, were paid in land, and then sold parcels to incoming settlers.
• Early settlers Stanton Latham and E.E. Fowls arrived in 1848.

Landmarks and Places in Hazelton

• Misteguay Creek, which flows northward through the eastern part of the township.
• The Flint River, the crossing the Hazelton brothers bridged in 1849 to earn the land that became the township.
• M-13, which forms the entire eastern boundary of the township.

The Hazelton Economy

• Historically, the settlement of Lathrop had shops and mills by 1879, and Hazelton had a post office, general store and churches by 1877.

Community Life in Hazelton

• Hazelton (Ratville) supported a post office, general store and churches in the 1870s, all of which are gone.
• New Lothrop built a fire station on Orchard Street in 1950 that also served as the garage for the police car and village equipment and as the local voting place.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, www.newlothrop.org