Your Guide to Buying a Home in Dexter Township, MI

Buying a Home in Dexter Township, Michigan

Dexter Township is located in Washtenaw County

Very early in the recorded history of Dexter Township are found reports of several Indian villages. The first white settlers came from mainly New York. The first settlement was made in 1825, on the northeast fractional one-fourth of section 36, by two brothers and their families. Samuel W. Dexter purchased the east half of section 12 where the Dover Mills were later located.

There are many lakes in Dexter Township. The principal lakes are: Silver, Half Moon, North Lake, West Lake, part of Four Mile lake, Portage and Base Lakes. Half Moon Lake was named because of the contours of its shore line. Base Lake received its name because the base line of the government survey ran through it. Four Mile Lake was so named because it is four miles, on a direct line, west of Dexter. Portage Lake was named because it was the place where the Indians coming up the Huron River portaged their canoes to some other body of water. Section 12 at the south end of Portage Lake was once the site of a city called "Saratoga of Michigan" after the famous resort in New York.

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