Croswell is in Sanilac County, and in the Central Region. You can locate Croswell at the junction of Old M 51 and State Hwy 90. This community is also found north of Sandusky.
Croswell was one of the top settlements having trading, industrial and shipping centers in the Thumb at the turn of the century. Lumbering was the main occupation. The Black River was used to transport millions of feet of timber to Lexington just five miles away.
Today, Pioneer Sugar represents the sugar beet industry which became Croswell's top producing industry after the Great Fire of 1881.
Croswell's popular 139 foot Swinging Bridge, built in 1905, is the only suspension bridge in Michigan.