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Caro is a city in and the county seat of Tuscola County, Michigan, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The population was 4,229 at the 2010 census and 4,145 at the 2000 census (an increase of about 2%). Caro is located northeast of Flint and east of Saginaw in Michigan's Thumb region. == History == Caro began as a logging camp on the Cass River established by Curtis Emerson in 1847.〔Walter Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 99〕 Later Samuel P. Sherman, who purchased in the north half of the northwest quarter of section 3 in Indianfields Township on September 8, 1852. Prior to this, only two land sales had been recorded, both for lumbering or speculative purposes. His son, William E. Sherman, had worked in the lumber industry nearby on the Cass River for some time prior to 1852 and William's favorable report persuaded his father to visit in 1851 and afterwards purchased several tracts of land in addition to his initial purchase. In the 1856-57 session of the Michigan Legislature, construction of a road was authorized from Bridgeport in Saginaw County northeast to Forestville in Sanilac County, with a route that would pass through what is now Caro. Once the road was cleared, commercial interests began to locate here. Melvin Gibbs, who had been keeping a hotel in an old log house, in 1858 put up a new frame building, known as the Gibbs House. In 1859, William E. Sherman built another hotel, which he named the Centerville House, based on the location being near the center of the county. The name Centerville became associated with the developing community. In 1865, Centerville was selected as the county seat. A post office named Tuscola Center was established on April 25, 1866. To address confusion caused by the differing names, community leaders met in 1868 and at the suggestion of William E Sherman selected the name Caro, based on a variant spelling of the Egyptian city of Cairo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caro, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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