Potterville

Potterville is a city in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,168 at the 2000 census. Potterville is named after Linus Potter, who settled his family in the area in November, 1844. Linus was elected supervisor of Benton Township in 1846. In 1830, Linus and his wife Diantha came from Cayuga County, New York, by way of the Erie Canal, to Buffalo and then by way of Lake Erie steamboat to Detroit. From there, Linus and Diantha walked to Plymouth, Michigan, a journey of about thirty miles, before walking on to Saline. The pair carried their three-year-old son, George, and their infant daughter, Louisa. On July 6, 1994, a lightning strike at Fox Park injured 22 beach-goers. The lightning struck the water and...