1833 * Webster separated from Dexter and organized as a town by Territorial Council; named after Daniel Webster
1834 * First Post office established in Webster Township in the home of Moses Kingsley
1836 * Webster Church completed (with the help of a $100 donation from Daniel Webster)
1837 * Michigan became the 26th state in the Union on January 28
1838 * Podunk School was built on Merkel Road near Walsh Road
1846 * A new Podunk School was built on Walsh Road at the corner of Merkel Road
1863 * Webster Township Civil War bond drive held
1871 * Attendance law adopted in Michigan requiring all children between 8 and 14 to attend school at least 3 months per year
* Webster Township Hall built at the corner of Gregory and Scully Roads
1873 * Michigan school attendance law altered to require all children between 8 and 14 to attend school at least 4 months per year
1892 * Pledge of Allegiance to the flag introduced into Michigan schools
1899 * New steel bridge built over the Huron River on the north side of Dexter
1919 * Michigan Legislature declared October 21 as Will Carleton Day [William McKendree Carleton (1845 – 1912) was an American poet from Michigan. Carleton’s poems were most often about his rural life.]
1946 * Podunk School closed for good