[1] This is approximately the area encompassed today by N. Saginaw St. to the east, W. Pasadena Ave. to the north, west of Dye Rd.

Major Jonathan Kearsley was receiver in the United States land office in Detroit in the early 1800s from which all land in Genesee County was sold until 1836 when a Flint land office was opened.

Kearsley Creek, Kearsley Community Schools,[2] and one of the principal Flint city streets was named after him.

[3] Kearsley was given its own post office on August 25, 1841 with its initial postmaster Ogden Carke.

[5] While the post office closed on January 11, 1867.