Long lake, fenton
History
Fenton
was first named Dibbleville after the first settler in the area, Clark Dibble,
who moved there from
New York
in 1834. According to local legend, it was renamed Fenton as a result of an
1837 card game involving two men, William
M. Fenton and Robert LeRoy.
LeRoy
Street
, the city's main street, was named for the
loser. The city's original name survives as the name of one of Fenton's
neighborhoods.
Fenton
was incorporated as a village in 1863 and as a city in 1964. Today, Fenton has
the fastest growing population of any city 25,000 with inhabitants or less. An
entirely new neighborhood,
Silver
Lake
Village
has been built around a contemporary open-air shopping area. U.S.
Highway 23 runs through the city.
On the
south side of Fenton lies the old Fenton Seminary. The wife of famed pragmatist
John Dewey had attended the seminary.
GeographyAccording
to the United States Census Bureau, the city
has a total area of 17.8 km² (6.9 mi²).17.0 km² (6.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3
mi²) of it (4.65%) is water.
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