This place was incorporated from the eastern part of Kilbuck December 9, 1874, and had a population of 326 by the census of 1880. The station is known as Birmingham, and the postoffice as Myler Noble J. Black, the first postmaster, was appointed in May, 1883, and John F. Niehaus, in August, 1887. There are two churches, Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian. The population is principally made up of clerks and others engaged in the city, and their families. The Davis island dam is an object of interest.