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On March 17, 1835, the Michigan Territorial legislature passed an act providing that "All that part of the county of Oakland comprised in surveyed township 3 north, range 7 east, [be known] by the name of Highland; and the first township meeting be held at the school-house on the farm of Jesse Tenny." Pursuant to this act, Highland's early settlers gathered at the Tenny farm on April 6, 1835, where Rufus Tenny was chosen moderator and Noah P. Morse clerk. This historic site, located on Lone Tree Road west of Hickory Ridge Road, was thus the birthplace of civil government in Highland. It also served as the township's first church services and school were held.
