Frink and Walker also held the mail contract for the area's settlers.

The route became popular and garnered a mention in the work of writer Margaret Fuller.

This first house also held the village's first store and would eventually become the first structure in town to burn.

The first stagecoach station (known as a "Tavern") was built along Chicago Road and operated by Isaac Balding.

American general Winfield Scott is credited with being the first person of European ancestry to discover the area.

[2] In 1850, Wyoming Township experienced a growth spurt despite being passed over for the coveted railroad link, by this time there were several businesses and a school.

On May 22 of that year, a local Queen Anne style house, the Stephen Wright House was listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, it is the only property with that designation in Paw Paw.

[6] The same year the village was the recipient of a US$192,000 United States Environmental Protection Agency earmark to construct an elevated water tower.

[7] As of the 2000 United States Census,[9] there were 852 people, 342 households, and 228 families residing in the village.

The racial makeup of the village was 98.71% White, 0.12% Native American, 0.35% Asian, and 0.82% from two or more races.

Humid continental climate is a climatic region typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.