10 Oldest Towns in Michigan That Still Exist

🗺️ Plan your Michigan trip with our 4 travel guides (E-Book): road trips, old diners, lighthouses & places to stay 👉 https://michigan-guide-box.netlify.app/ Before Michigan was a state, before Detroit was a city, French missionaries and soldiers were already planting towns along its rivers and straits. 🏛️ Some of those settlements outlived empires, wars and fires — and they're still here today. In this video, we're counting down the 10 oldest towns in Michigan that still exist, ranked by the year Europeans first settled them, from 1830 all the way back to 1668. We'll visit: - Marshall - Petersburg - Tecumseh - Monroe - Mackinac Island - Mackinaw City - Detroit - Niles - St. Ignace - Sault Ste. Marie You'll discover a lost French fort found by archaeologists, a town that almost became the state capital, a lacrosse game that captured a fort, the battlefield of the River Raisin, and the Jesuit mission where Michigan's story began. Which of these towns would you visit first? Share the oldest place in your own Michigan hometown in the comments! Don't forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and turn on notifications for more Michigan hidden gems, small towns, history, and places you won't believe exist. Music: "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ #Michigan #MichiganHistory #SaultSteMarie #MackinacIsland #MichiganHiddenGems