Azalia, Michigan

Azalia is an unincorporated community in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located near U.S. Route 23, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the city of Milan and 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Dundee. The community is located within Milan Township.

Azalia, Michigan
Unincorporated community
Looking south along Dundee Azalia Road
Azalia
Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 42°01′08″N 83°39′57″W
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyMonroe
TownshipMilan
Elevation
669 ft (204 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
48110
48159 (Maybee)
Area code(s)734
FIPS code26-04680[1]
GNIS feature ID620397[2]

As an unincorporated community, Azalia has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own. Azalia has its own post office with the 48110 ZIP Code, which is used for P.O. Box only, while the surrounding area uses the Maybee 48159 ZIP Code.[3][4]

History

The community was first known as East Milan, or Reeves Station where a family named Reeves established the Star Bending Company. A post office opened on August 4, 1869[5][6] (or in 1866 by some accounts),[7] largely through the efforts of Daniel T. Hazen, to avoid having to travel to West Milan (now Cone) to pick up mail. Steven Frink was the first postmaster, followed by Hazen in 1867, Joseph Meadows in 1872, John M. Lewis in 1877, and A.C. Reynolds in 1884. On September 1, 1887, the postmaster-general issued orders changing the name of the post office from "East Milan" to "Azalia", which was the name of the railroad station and also named Meadows as postmaster again.[7]

The Toledo, Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Railway (later the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railway and then the Ann Arbor Railroad), opened on June 8, 1878, with a station named "Azalia", named after one of the daughters of the president of the railroad, Azalia Ashley.[7]

A Methodist Episcopal Church began holding classes in the early 1850s, building a church in 1870, which continues to the present as the Azalia United Methodist Church.

Images
  • Corner store and post office in 2010
  • Closed market and post office in 2020
  • Azalia-United Methodist Church

References
  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Azalia, Michigan
  3. UnitedStatesZipCodes.org (2020). "ZIP Code 48110". Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  4. UnitedStatesZipCodes.org (2020). "ZIP Code 48159". Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Azalia Post Office
  6. Romig, Walter (1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
  7. Milan Township History in History of Monroe County, Michigan, Wing, Talcott Enoch, ed. New York, Munsell & company, 1890. p. 593
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