![]() ![]() ![]() Census Bureau has also defined Shelby Township as a census-designated place (CDP) in the 2000 Census so that the community would appear on the list of places (like cities and villages) as well on the list of county subdivisions (like other townships). To the south by the cities of Sterling Heights and Utica. ![]() To the west by the cities of Rochester Hills and Rochester.Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.2 square miles (91.2 km²), of which, 34.7 square miles (89.8 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.4 km²) of it (1.53%) is water. Ira and Deborah Preston bought 400 acres (1.6 km 2) of land from the United States government in 1826 and settled on it the following year, later building a sawmill and a picket fence factory. Preston Corners was a settlement located at the corner of 25 Mile Road and Schoenherr Road at 42☄1′58″N 82★9′45″W / 42.69944, -82.99583 ( Preston Corners). The community never incorporated, although the local high school, the "Disco Academy" gained some recognition and a post office named Disco operated from 1854 until 1906. The hamlet of Disco was platted in 1849, located at what is now the junction of 24 Mile Road and Van Dyke Road (aka Earl Memorial Highway). The village incorporated a second time on May 10, 1877. Utica, located on the southern edge of the township, originally incorporated as a village on March 9, 1838, although that corporation was dissolved soon afterwards. ![]() It originally included the area that is now Sterling Heights, which was set off March 17, 1835, as the township of Jefferson, renamed to Sterling on March 6, 1838. Shelby Township was set off by an act of the Michigan Territorial Legislature on Apand a civil government was organized the following May. ![]()
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