The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Nathan Kirk, the first white settler in eastern Clinton County, laid out the town of Kirklin in the early 1830s, the original plat consisting a row of seven blocks on either side of the Michigan Road (Main Street). An addition filed on October 24, 1836, added blocks to the east, west and south sides of the original plat. Edward Miller established the first general store in a log building and William Wynkoop built the first hotel; other early businesses included Hiram Dougherty's cabinet shop, James Hollcraft's bar, John Heffner's blacksmith shop, Columbus Kemp's tannery and M. Z. Saylor (physician).
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Kirklin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kirklin’s history is told.
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Kirklin, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Kirklin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kirklin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Kirklin Public Library in Kirklin, 2 miles away.
Kirklin and the nearest listed places
Closest to Kirklin
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.