Rochester Colony

Rochester Colony is a Michigan historical marker in Duplain, Clinton County, dedicated 1970.

Clinton County · dedicated 1970 · Maple Road North of Colony Road, Duplain

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In 1836 a Rochester, New York, association purchased land here and by winter several families were settled in newly built log homes. Methodist circuit riders in 1837 organized a class which became the center of the three-county Mapleton circuit. In 1841 the settlement was renamed Duplain and the colonists began working for better schools and roads. The Duplain Methodist Church was built in the mid-1850s as a center for community worship.

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Rochester Colony

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