Situated on the east side of the Tittabawassee River, opposite the confluence of the Tobacco and the Tittabawassee Rivers, Edenville, Michigan is in northeast Edenville Township, near Midland County's boundary with Gladwin County.
As an unincorporated community, Edenville doesn't have defined boundaries, but it is located along M-30, which runs south as it crosses the Tittabawassee River, passing through the center of the village, swinging west at the southern part of the village. Settlement has extended northward along M-30 and the Tobacco River shores of what was once Wixom Lake, which may be considered part of Edenville, but are actually part of Tobacco Township. Besides M-30, other routes to and from the village include Curtis Road, Levely Road, and Water Road.
Nearby cities and villages include Beaverton, Sanford, and Coleman.
Wixom Lake was created through the construction of the Edenville Dam, about one mile north of Edenville, in 1925. However, in May of 2020, the Tittabawassee River flooded, and a large earthen portion of the dam collapsed, completely emptying the lake, and changing the course of the river.
The first land purchases in was to become Edenville was by Jacob Bailey and Charles Taylor, although neither of them ever lived in the area that was then known as The Forks. Before 1854, the place was inhabited only by transient lumber workers. Acknowledged as the town's founders, its first settlers were Sylvester Erivay, who came in 1854, Aaron Havens, David Burton, and Daniel Bowman, who came in 1855, and Alvin Marsh, who came in 1859. At that time, the settlement was known variously as The Forks or as Sixteen, for its location (Section 1, Township 16, Range 1 West).
A post office was established on March 16, 1868. Henry Church, its first postmaster, named it Edenville as a tribute to its natural beauty. Edenville Township was organized in 1873. Although the village was platted, it was never incorporated.
The focus of this category is on the unincorporated community known as Edenville, Michigan. Businesses, schools, churches, organizations, and other places or programs within the village are appropriate topics for this category. As Edenville lacks defined borders, online resources carrying an Edenville post office address may also be listed here.
 
 
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Maintained by the Pitt Legal Team, which is involved in helping residents displaced by the flooding of the Edenville Dam to file individual claims for damages, the site discusses the failure of the dam on May 19, 2020, and states its claims, along with an introduction to the members of the Pitt legal team, as well as deadlines, damages, reports on related events, videos, documents, and links to media coverage relating to the flood, such as the Boyce bankruptcy filing.
https://www.edenvilleflood.com/
Affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a mainstream Protestant denomination, the congregation meets at its facilities on Sandy Ridge Road in Edenville, Michigan. Its location is shown on a map, and its service schedules, a calendar of upcoming programs and events, and live-streaming of services are put forth, along with its health ministries, personal ministries, and ministries to men and women. Links to other online resources are included.
https://www.edenvillesda.org/
Situated in north-central Midland County, and headquartered in Edenville, Michigan, Edenville township was established in 1873. The official township website posts the physical and mailing address for the township offices, phone and fax numbers, office hours, and a contact form. Contacts for the assessor’s office, the board of review, township clerk, planning commission, supervisor, treasurer, and township trustees are posted, and a history of the township is included.
https://edenvilletwp.org/
Stryker’s Lakeside Marina, Inc.
Family owned and operated, the marina carries Sweetwater, AquaPatio, and SanPan boats, Hurricane deck boats, Paddle King mini-pontoons, and Crestliner fishing boats, as well as outboards from Evinrude, Mercury, and Suzuki. Its new and pre-owned inventory is featured, along with its new outboard motors, boating accessories, docks, and boat hoists, along with its finance policies, and certified services. A parts request form, customer survey, and testimonials are included.
https://www.strykermarine.com/
Founded by Thomas Camp, who has been in the woodworking trade for more than thirty-five years, the business specializes in offering hard-to-find specialty woods, particularly species native to Michigan, such as black walnut, red oak, ash, pine, blue-stained pine, and other species, as well as providing professional kiln-dried, one-of-a-kind cuts from slab to dimensional, in demand by local artists, schools, musical instrument makers, and custom builders.
https://tcliveedge.com/