The four created the village which they named after Edmond Bostwick's wife, Charlotte, who originally wanted it to be called, Charlotteville.

At various times, Charlotte had the unofficial names of Eaton Centre, and Carmel.

The Battle Creek River has its northern bend in the south part of the city, entering from the southeast and exiting to the southwest.

32.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Charlotte Middle School serves seventh and eighth grade students while Charlotte High School serves ninth through twelfth grade students.

The district also operates the Weymouth Child Development Center as a childcare facility.

There is one alternative education school known as the Relevant Academy of Eaton County.

In addition, special needs children are served by the Eaton Intermediate School District.

Lansing Community College is located 22 miles (35 km) to the northeast, and features cooperative relationships with a number of other universities around the state.

The Eaton Theatre, located downtown, also shows movies nightly and features two arcade rooms.

It still has the large square marquee and the vertical sign, however the balcony area was transformed into a separate upstairs room to house a second screen.

By the water tower nearby (at 619 W. Shepherd) there is a sled hill and ice skating rink, as well as a small outdoor dirt track for RC racing (aka Lincoln Park Raceway; added late 2013).

A popular sled hill known locally as Kane's Hill (named after the Kane family who lived nearby and operated Kane's Heating Services) is located on Gale St. between Church St. and E. Lovett St. Spartan Motors, an automobile design company that designs, engineers and manufactures specialty chassis, specialty vehicles, truck bodies and aftermarket parts for the recreational vehicle (RV), emergency response, government services, defense, and delivery and service markets, is based in Charlotte.