Nunica is in Ottawa County, and in the West-Southwest Region (part of the Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, Michigan metropolitan area). This community is located on I-96 between Muskegon and Coopersville.
The first settlers here were Manley Patchin in 1836 and William Hathaway, Jr., in 1839. The name was changed from Crockery Creek to Nunica on January 8, 1859. The word Nunica is derived from the Indian menonica, meaning clay earth, from which they made pottery. This was also the reason for the earlier name of Crockery Creek.
