City of Village of Douglas
The City of Village of Douglas
City Hall
86 West Center Street
PO Box 757
Douglas, Michigan 49406-0757
Phone: (269) 857-1438
Fax: (269) 857-4751
Website: www.ci.douglas.mi.us
The City of Village of Douglas Meetings
City Counsel
Dates: 1st & 3rd Mondays of Month
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Douglas City Hall
History
In 1851, Jonathan Wade bought land, and built a house, and laid out a village south of present Center Street, naming it Dudleyville for his brother, Dudley Wade, of Canada. Soon after, William Dutcher bought and platted the land north of Center Street, naming it Dutcherville. In 1861 he bought the north half of Mr. Wade’s land and, putting the two parcels together, plated the village. At the suggestion of his son-in-law, Colonel Fred May, he named it after the town of Douglas, on the Isle of Man, whence came the ancestors of the Mays. Contrary to this, Fred Wade, nephew of Jonathan Wade, stated he was at a meeting where it was named for the American statesman, Stephen A. Douglas. Dyer C. Putnam became its first postmaster on March 27, 1866. Douglas incorporated as a village in 1870, and as a city in 2004.