Kinde, MI

Kinde is a village in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 421 residents. The village is located on the boundary between Dwight Township and Lincoln Township, with about half of the village in both. A small portion of the village is within Meade Township. The "Kinde Polka Fest" is held every year in downtown Kinde. That mix gives Kinde a clear local shape within Michigan, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Businessman John Kinde arrived in Michigan's central Thumb area in the early 1880s and established a general store, lumber yard, grain elevator and post office. Train service began in 1882 with the construction of track by the Port Huron and Northwestern Railroad. Kinde is home to the St.