Drayton
Plains is an
unincorporated community in the U.S.
state of Michigan. It was first settled in 1823. A dam and
gristmill was built in 1837 and the Drayton Plains Hotel was built in 1839. It was
platted in 1860,
but never incorporated as a municipality and its identity has been largely
subsumed within that of Waterford Charter Township. It is
located on
Dixie Highway
(U.S. Highway 24) around the west end of
Loon
Lake
at 42°41'03" N, 83°22'38"
W.
Brookfield
Academy
, originally founded as the Laurel
Montessori School in 1964 in Drayton Plains, was the first Montessori school in
Michigan
.
An old fish hatchery is now the
Drayton
Plains
Nature
Center
.
Drayton Plains
was informally referred to as a
village and maintained its own identity and post office until the early
1990s when the post office was closed and functions transferred to the
Waterford Post Office. The current ZIP code for the community is 48330.
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