Ceresco is a small unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Calhoun County

Calhoun County, Michigan

-Interstates:* I-69* I-94* I-194* I-94 Business Loop serves the city of Albion.* I-94 Business Loop serves the city of Battle Creek.* I-94 Business Loop serves the city of Marshall.-Michigan State Trunklines:* M-37* M-60* M-66* M-78* M-89* M-96* M-99...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. Ceresco is situated on the Kalamazoo River

Kalamazoo River

The Kalamazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is long from the junction of its North and South branches to its mouth at Lake Michigan, with a total length extending to when one includes the South Branch...

 approximately five miles west of downtown Marshall

Marshall, Michigan

Marshall is a city located in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,459. It is the county seat of Calhoun County...

. It is on the boundary between Marshall Township

Marshall Township, Michigan

Marshall Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,922 at the 2000 census...

 and Emmett Charter Township

Emmett Charter Township, Michigan

Emmett Charter Township is a charter township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 at 42°16′19"N 85°03′41"W. Ceresco has a post office with ZIP Code

ZIP Code

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 49033. The ZIP Code area serves portions of west and southwest Marshall Township, southeast Emmett Charter Township, northwest Fredonia Township

Fredonia Township, Michigan

Fredonia Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, and a large portion of Newton Township

Newton Township, Calhoun County, Michigan

Newton Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,493 at the 2000 census. The township was named after Newton, Massachusetts.-Geography:...

 http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US49033&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en.

History

In 1838, a saw mill and flour mill were built on the Kalamazoo River at the site of what became Ceresco. Isaac E. Crary

Isaac E. Crary

Isaac Edwin Crary was the first elected U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.Crary was born in Preston, Connecticut, where he attended the public schools and graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, in its first class in 1827...

 and John D. Pierce named the community by combining the name of Ceres, the Roman goddess of growing grains, with the first two letters "company". The first post office was established on December 30, 1843, with Winslow S. Hale as the first postmaster.