Armada, (ar-MAY-dah), is located in northern Macomb County in Armada Township, at the
junction of North and Armada Center Roads. Armada is particularly known regionally
and state-wide for celebrating the Armada Fair, always one week before the Michigan
State Fair, usually falling on the third weekend in August. Its high rating by
travel associations has been earned by this small town’s ability to pack an
extravaganza of many activities into what appears to be a big town operation.
The town was originally called Burke’s Corners, and later Honeoye, after Honeoye Falls, New York. It was accidentally named "Armada" in 1867, when in a drawn-out meeting to officially organize the town, Hosea Northrup, one of the town elders, abruptly got up and said: "It will be Armada," and everyone went along with it because they wanted the meeting to adjourn. Speculation has it that it may have been named after a community in New York State, or Canada, where most of the early settlers came from. Or Northrup could have just been randomly thinking about the Spanish Armada at the time, but, according to the local historical society, nobody knows for sure!
Click to view quick links to local weather, movies, and more | Armada United Methodist Church | |
| 23200 E. Main Street (586) 784-5201 |
| Calvary Baptist Church | |
| 74940 Fulton Street (586) 784-9050 |
| Congregational United Church of Christ | |
| 73966 Fulton Street (586) 784-5901 |
| Harvest Tabernacle Assembly of God | |
| 22755 Barrows (586) 784-5524 |
| Our Savior's Lutheran Church | |
| 22511 Main Street (586) 784-9088 |
| St. Mary Mystical Rose Catholic Church | |
| 24040 Armada Ridge Rd (586) 784-5966 |