The city is marked by winding streets, subdivisions, a riverfront boardwalk, Bridge-to-Bay Bike Trail and an industrial park.

Marysville traces its history back to 1786 when Antoin Morass built a sawmill at Bunce Creek.

This settlement was located in the southern part of current day Marysville, two streets are named after them.

He bought Meldrum and Park's mill and built his home and a general store along the St. Clair River.

Mack was a state representative, Colonel in the War of 1812, and a co-founder of the Detroit Free Press.

Colonel Mack and his wife, Amelia, are buried on the north bank of Cuttle Creek in the Riverview Golf Course.

However, there was already another Vicksburg, Michigan, so in 1859 the name was changed to Marysville, after Nelson Mill's wife Mary.

He was the inventor of many auto improvements including the planetary transmission used in the Models S and T. He was a pioneer in the use of vanadium steel and designed the "Blue Oval" logo, still used on Ford Products today.

He resigned in 1919 and moved to Marysville to establish the C. H. Wills & Company on the banks of the St. Clair River.

Wills' and his partner John Lee provided much of the early infrastructure of Marysville, including electricity, sidewalks, roads, etc.

Subdivision development in the later half of the 20th century has further offset the strategic plan for the City of Marysville.

[citation needed] Wills did succeed to the extent that the Marysville area is nowadays a vibrant community.

Wills' former factory currently houses the Chrysler Corporation MOPAR parts distribution facility.

The large industrial area is located in the southern half of the city along M-29, which snakes through Marysville.

This territory includes the nearby international Blue Water Bridge crossing and St. Clair Tunnel.

The plant used natural gas liquids imported from Ontario via a pipeline under the St. Clair River.

[12] It also helped lessen the effects felt by Consumers Power customers during the 1973 oil crisis.

Many local corn growers and elevators truck their grain to Marysville for ethanol processing.

Commercially, Marysville includes a Meijer supermarket and numerous local places of business.

Jean Cramer was asked about how to grow the city's population and stated she wished to, "Keep Marysville a white community as much as possible.