The unincorporated community of Palmyra, Michigan is in southeast Palmyra Township, Lenawee County. It is in the southern Lower Peninsula, near the Ohio border.
While unincorporated communities in Michigan do not have specified boundaries, the locality is north of US Highway 223 and Driggs Road, south of Rouget Road, west of the railroad tracks, and east of the River Raisin.
Cities and villages within twenty miles of Palmyra include Blissfield, Adrian, Deerfield, Tecumseh, Britton, Petersburg, Clinton, Clayton, Onsted, and Dundee, while the unincorporated communities of Riga and Fairfield are within ten miles. Also within twenty miles are Richfield Center, Fulton, and Royalton, Ohio.
European-American settlement of the area began in the 1820s, and Timothy B. Goff is acknowledged as the community's founder in 1827. It was named for Goff's New York hometown. A post office was established in Palmyra on March 27, 1833, with Alexander R. Tiffany as postmaster.
Beginning construction in 1837, the Palmyra Jacksonburgh Railroad was the first railway system in Michigan. Due to financial problems, it was sold to the state to be operated by the Southern Railroad, which later became the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. Due to increased access to automobiles and road transportation systems, the railroad began a decline in the 1930s, and was abandoned in 1981.
Currently, the remaining tracks are maintained by the Southern Michigan Railroad Society, headquartered in Clinton, which has preserved 13.5 miles of track and a variety of railroad equipment, including the only GMDH-3 locomotive ever built, operating its trains on a seasonal schedule.
The focus of this portion of our guide is on the small locality known as Palmyra, Michigan. Online resources for governmental bodies, businesses, industries, schools, places of worship, organizations, events, entertainment venues, and recreational opportunities in Palmyra are appropriate for this category.
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The civil township is in Lenawee County, in the southern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, near the Ohio border. The official municipal website publishes the regular meeting schedule of the township board and the minutes of township board and planning committee meetings. Other resources include ordinances, a zoning map, election data, cemetery fee schedules, office contacts and hours, as well as a history of the township, and a gallery of photographs. Permit forms and applications may be downloaded.
https://palmyratownship.net/
Also known as New Palmyra Village Cemetery, the grounds are situated west of the village in Lenawee County, Michigan. Maintained by online contributors, the Find a Grave site allows readers to adopt a local cemetery and/or upload photographs of headstones and the grounds, upload spreadsheets or transcribe data from memorial stones or additional sources. Of those interred who are included, pages for family members may be cross-referenced. Virtual flowers may be submitted.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1418089/palmyra-village-cemetery
Originally known as the Palmyra and Jacksonburgh Railroad, construction began in 1837 but, due to financial problems, the railroad was sold to the state to be operated as the Southern Railroad in 1844, and was completed as the Michigan Southern Railroad between 1846 and 1852. Abandoned in 1981, three high school students banned together to save the track, and the all-volunteer Southern Michigan Railroad Society acquired the Clinton Branch, transforming it into a railroad museum in 1985.
http://www.southernmichiganrailroad.com/
Trapper Bob's Animal Control Service, LLC
Approved by the Michigan and Ohio Departments of Natural Resources, Trapper Bob's utilizes licensed professionals to remove undesirable wildlife from residential and commercial client's properties, which may include bats, chipmunks, coyotes, foxes, mice, moles, opossums, raccoons, rats, skunks, snakes, squirrels, or others, including certain birds. Its trapping services and bat exclusion and removal services are outlined, and a contact form, telephone, and credentials are provided.
http://www.trapperbob.net/
Situated on Pixley Road, northeast of the village, the rural cemetery Is also known as Frye Cemetery or Wilcox Cemetery. Directions and a brief description of the small graveyard are presented, along with photographs of the grounds and of memorials of people interred there. The Find a Grave site allows photos, transcriptions, and information about the interred to be uploaded for inclusion on the site, as well as virtual flowers, and cross-references to other family members.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/562/union-society-cemetery
