Vanderbilt, MI

Vanderbilt is a village in Otsego County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 498 residents. The village is located within Corwith Township. Vanderbilt holds the record for the coldest recorded temperature in the state of Michigan when it reached −51 °F on February 9, 1934. That mix gives Vanderbilt 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. The area was first settled as early as 1875 when a railway belonging to the Michigan Central Railroad was planned to extend north from Gaylord. The settlement was named after Cornelius Vanderbilt, who owned land within Corwith Township. With a length of 20 miles and width of 12 miles, Pigeon River State Park is the largest single bordered piece of land in the lower peninsula of Michigan.