The first passenger train passed through the future village site on July 4, 1856, and a post office, Gaines Station, was established that same year.

[6] The Gaines Train Station saw its last passengers boarded and disembarked in 1957.

The station then began its use as the smallest branch of the Genesee District Library.

On July 15, 2017, a Michigan Historical Marker was unveiled for the station.

[7] In August 2016, the village's lone police officer retired.

[8] Village Council Barb Ferris, James Savage, Carol Erickson [10]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.37 square miles (0.96 km2), all land.

As of the census[12] of 2010, there were 380 people, 154 households, and 98 families living in the village.

31.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.