Rawsonville, Michigan
Rawsonville, Michigan | |
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Historic marker along Rawsonville Road | |
| Coordinates: 42°12′55″N 83°33′06″W / 42.21528°N 83.55167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| Counties | Washtenaw and Wayne |
| Townships | Van Buren and Ypsilanti |
| Elevation | 709 ft (216 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | |
| Area code | 734 |
| GNIS feature ID | 635675 |
| Old Rawsonville Village Informational Designation | |
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| Designated | October 27, 1983 |
Rawsonville is an unincorporated community on the boundary of Washtenaw and Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Small parts of the historic community of Rawsonville lie under Belleville Lake, which is an artificial reservoir created in 1925 when the Eastern Michigan Edison Company built the French Landing Dam and Powerhouse along the Huron River. Often it is claimed that most if not all of the Historic Town was flooded, however this is only partly true. Rawsonville was dedicated as a Michigan State Historic Site on October 27, 1983.