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Fenton is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,582. The city was incorporated from Fenton Township, but the city and township are politically independent.

Fenton was first named Dibbleville after the first caucasian settler in the area, Clark Dibble, who moved there from New York in 1834. According to local legend, it was renamed Fenton as a result of an 1837 card game involving two men, William M. Fenton and Robert LeRoy. Leroy Street, the city's main street, was named for the loser. The city's original name survives as the name of one of Fenton's neighborhoods.

Fenton was incorporated as a village in 1863 and as a city in 1965. Today, Fenton has the fastest growing population of any city 25,000 inhabitants or less. An entirely new neighborhood, Silver Lake Village, for example, has been built around a contemporary open-air shopping area. U.S. Highway 23 runs through the city.

On the south side of Fenton lies the old Fenton Seminary. The wife of famed pragmatist John Dewey had attended the seminary.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males.

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