Beech, Michigan

Beech, Michigan
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°22′40″N 83°17′44″W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Wayne
Township	Redford
Established	1871
Platted	1872
Elevation	623 ft (190 m)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	48239 (Redford)
Area code	313
GNIS feature ID	1617437[1]

Beech is an unincorporated community in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.^[1] The community is located within Redford Charter Township. As an unincorporated community, Beech has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.

The community was given a post office under the name Beech on December 4, 1871, with Albert Fisher serving as the first postmaster. Beech was platted in 1872 and was also known by the name Fisher. It had a general store operated by Albert Fisher and a sawmill operated by Dunning, Fisher & Rhode. It was also known as Fishers Station after the railroad depot. The early village of Redford was also platted in 1872. The post office was absorbed into Detroit and closed on September 17, 1906. Today, the community of Beech is part of Redford Township, and the name is retained locally in Beech Daly Road.^[2]

References

1. "Beech, Michigan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6.