Birch Run was settled about 1852 in southeast Saginaw County. The town was incorporated as a village in 1954. [MPN]
Birch Run was a station stop on the Pere Marquette (later C&O/CSX) railroad 18 miles north of Flint.
Image Info: Top, an early postcard view of the PM depot at Birch Run. 2nd image, an early winter photograph of the same depot. [Alan Loftis collection]. 3rd image, the interurban depot at Birch Run. 1915 [UML]
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