Official Name: | Galloway, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan |
Pushpin Label: | Galloway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
Subdivision Name2: | Gratiot and Saginaw |
Subdivision Type3: | Townships |
Subdivision Name3: | Lafayette and Lakefield |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 207 |
Elevation Ft: | 679 |
Coordinates: | 43.3317°N -84.3694°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 48637 (Merrill) |
Area Code: | 989 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-31330[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1617575 |
Galloway is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located at 43.3317°N -84.3694°W on the boundary between Lakefield Township in Saginaw County and Lafayette Township in Gratiot County.
The community is at the junction of Nelson Road and S. Meridian Rd./NE Gratiot County Line Rd.[2]
A post office named Galloway first opened in Gratiot County on February 16, 1883, with Richard Galloway as the first postmaster. This was closed on January 19, 1885. It was re-established on July 16, 1889, on section 24 in Lafayette Township with Andrew Schurr as the first postmaster of the re-established office. When the postmaster moved across the county line into Lakefield Township, the post office moved as well. This office was closed on October 31, 1902.[3] [4]