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Almont Township dates to 1828, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 86% of U.S. towns · #97 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 15 buildings. Below: maps from 1945 on and the census since 1880.

1828founded
2on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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How Almont Township began

When was Almont Township founded?

1828

Almont Township dates its founding to 1828 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 837 in 18802020 census: 6,961198 years

How historic is Almont Township?

A

More historic than 86% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1835.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Almont Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Almont Township is more historic than 86% of U.S. towns, #97 of 701 in Michigan. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.

A
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Almont Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1828, from Wikidata: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194016.1% of homes (±3.8) · typical MI town 11.9% · U.S. 8.4%BNational Register2 listings, 16 historic buildings, 22.8 per 10,000 residents · typical MI town 0.0 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 86%
NewerOlder
Michigan towns of 2,500+ (701)Ahead of 86%

Few Michigan towns list much on the Register (a typical Michigan town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Almont Township’s 22.8 sits above most of its state (87% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 16 historic buildings outnumber those of 78% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.8 points). Two sources give 1828.

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Almont Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Almont Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsEstablished in 1828: 198 years of Almont Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Almont Township’s history is told.

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Timeline

Almont Township, 1828 to 1945

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828
    FoundingAlmont Township is established
  3. 1835Post officeThe Bristol post office opens
  4. 1846Post officeThe Bristol post office closes
  5. 1846Post officeThe Almont post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1945On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Almont Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Almont Township.

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Almont was first settled in 1828 by James Deneen. It received a post office in 1835 named Bristol, for Oliver Bristol, the second permanent settler. The village was platted as Newburg in 1836, and renamed Almont in 1846.

According to HildaMae Bowman's "Almont, The Tale of Then and Now," Almont's name was changed in 1845 to honor the Mexican general, Juan Almonte.

ChaptersThe naming of Almont

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Almont Township, decade by decade

Today7 recent
Almont, Michigan location2023Almont, Michigan locationCurrier Octagon House Almont, MI 20152016Currier Octagon House Almont, MI 2015First interurban cars on the Detroit, Almont and Northern Railroad, Almont, Michigan, July 1, 19142013First interurban cars on the Detroit, Almont and Nort…W St Clair St Historic District2011W St Clair St Historic DistrictCurrier House2011Currier House2010 Census Urban Cluster Reference Map for20102010 Census Urban Cluster Reference Map forBookMIMap-doton-Almont2005MIMap-doton-Almont
On the map

Almont Township on the map, 1945 to 1991

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Almont Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Almont Township on the 1945 USGS mapAlmont Township on the 1968 USGS mapAlmont Township on the 1991 USGS map1945Almont sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Almont Township.

On the National Register

2 listings protect 16 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
16
each building in a district counts
first listed
1975
Currier House
Currier HouseWest Saint Clair Street Historic District
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

vernacular octagon1
Queen Anne1
Greek Revival1
Late Victorian1
Georgian Revival1
Italianate1
Currier Housevernacular octagon
West Saint Clair Street Historic DistrictQueen Anne

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Almont Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000188019001920194019601980200020202,846

Grew from 837 people in 1880 to 2,846 in 2020, 3 times over.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Almont Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Bristol, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bristol
1835–1846
Almont
1846–today
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AlmontKingsbrook Mobile Home Estates
Gone or out of use
Almont Airportairport
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Almont Township
FergusonHoughSand HillScotch SettlementWebster

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Imlay TownshipIts storyCBruce TownshipIts storyB−Berlin TownshipIts storyC+Dryden Township2 historic placesA−

Questions about Almont Township’s history

What year was Almont Township founded?

In 1828, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Almont Township’s post office opened in 1835, and the census of 1880 counted 837 people here.

How does Almont Township rank for history?

Almont Township is more historic than 86% of U.S. towns, #97 of 701 in Michigan. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Almont Township?

Two places: the Currier House (listed 1975) and the West Saint Clair Street Historic District (1986).

How old are the homes in Almont Township?

16% of Almont Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.8 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1987.

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (7), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.