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Lake Orion ( ) is a village in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,973 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Lake Orion village, Michigan )〕 "Lake Orion" is often used to describe both the village and the much larger Orion Township, of which the village is a part. Lake Orion originated as a resort town and over time has incorporated elements of a bedroom community. == History == Judah Church and Moses (or Samuel) Munson were among the first settlers. Munson, who arrived in 1824, built a sawmill in 1825, and planted the first orchard. Jesse Decker arrived from upstate New York with his wife, Mary, in 1825. Decker proved to be energetic and became "everything to everybody", so that the place soon became known as "Decker's Settlement", and the town was called "Canandaigua", after Canandaigua, New York, where the settlers originated.〔Seeley, Thaddeus D. ''History of Oakland County, Michigan.'' Chicago & New York: The Lewis Publishing Company (1912), Vol. I, pp. 440-43.〕〔and the town was called Canandaigua, after Canandaigua, N.Y., where the settlers originated.〕 The settlement grew into a bustling commercial center with a sawmill, tavern, post office, general store, blacksmith shop, school and cemetery. In 1828, a power dam was built uniting several small lakes and forming the mile wide Lake Canandaigua, just west of the village. In 1830, Jesse Decker raised the first frame barn in the area with the help of local Indians. The first post office was opened in 1832, with Decker as postmaster.〔 In 1835, the community's name was changed from Canandaigua to Orion, and as a result, Lake Canadaigua would be renamed Lake Orion. The same year, the Township of Orion was formally approved by the Michigan Territorial government. Jesse Decker became the first Supervisor of Orion, with a salary of $2.00 a year. By 1836, two persons were licensed to keep taverns in the town, one of whom was Decker.〔 Decker was elected to the first Michigan House of Representatives in 1837 and also served as justice of the peace for the Orion area.〔 By 1840 Decker owned of land.〔 In 1909 a Marine Postal Center was established, with mail delivered to over three hundred cottages on the lake and islands by way of boat. Lake Orion was the first town in the United States to have this service.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Village History )〕 In 1929, Amelia Earhart visited Lake Orion at the invitation of Orion resident and fellow aviator William Edmund Scripps. While visiting Scripps Mansion, she flew an experimental glider.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History |St. Mary's in the Hills, Lake Orion )〕 Also in 1929, the village known as "Orion" was officially renamed "Lake Orion". To this day, no one knows why 'Orion' is pronounced "aw-ree-un".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lake Orion Community Schools )〕 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「Lake Orion, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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