The main industries for Disco included a wooden bowl factory, feed mill, cider mill, and a planing mill.ĭisco had daily mail with Mrs. A resident physician also lived in the town. It had two general stores, three wagon shops, two blacksmith shops, one harness shop, one paint shop, and a hotel called the Halfway House.
The village of Disco was platted in 1849 at the intersection of 24 Mile (Whiskey Road) and Van Dyke Road. The other theory is that it was a contraction of District of Columbia. One belief is that it came from the Latin word "Discare", meaning 'to learn'. Rolling Stone contributor Vince Aletti was one of the first to describe disco as a sound or a music genre in September of 1973.Īs far as the Michigan city of Disco, the name originated from two possible origins, according to the Shelby Township Historical Committee. The word is an abbreviation for the word discothèque, which is a French word that means "library of phonograph records" derived from "bibliothèque", according to Wikipedia. In the music world, we know disco as a polarizing genre that exploded in popularity during the 1970s. They originally referred to the place as the "Utica Plains".
Settlers, mostly from the New York area, arrived In the early 1830s clearing land and building log cabins in the area.
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