Galloway, Michigan

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Galloway, Michigan
unincorporated community
Galloway, Michigan is located in Michigan
Galloway, Michigan
Galloway, Michigan
Location within the state of Michigan
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Country United States
State Michigan
County Gratiot/Saginaw
Elevation[1] 679 ft (207 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 48637 (Merrill)
Area code(s) 989
FIPS code 26-31330[2]
GNIS feature ID 1617575[1]

Galloway is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[1] on the boundary between Lakefield Township in Saginaw County and Lafayette Township in Gratiot County.

The community is at the junction of Nelson Road and S. Meridian Rd./NE Gratiot County Line Rd.[1][3]

A post office named Galloway first opened in Gratiot County on February 16, 1883 with Richard Galloway as the first postmaster. This was discontinued on January 19, 1885. It was re-established on July 16, 1889, on section 24 in Lafayette Township with Andrew Schurr as the first postmaster of the re-established office. When the postmaster moved across the county line into Lakefield Township, the post office moved as well. The office was discontinued on October 31, 1902.[4][5][6]

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  3. Saginaw County Map. J. Shively. State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Geographic Information. September 2007.
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