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History · Aloha Township

Aloha Township’s post office opened in 1903

Most of Aloha Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1957 on.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Aloha Township began

When was Aloha Township founded?

1903

The Aloha Township post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Aloha (1903), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 937123 years
Founding year: the first Aloha Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Aloha 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 Aloha Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Aloha Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Aloha Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Aloha Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Aloha Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 937 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 949 in 2010, 937 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Aloha Township, 1903 to 1957

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Aloha post office opens
  3. 1942Post officeThe Aloha post office closes
  4. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Aloha Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Aloha, Michigan2024Aloha, MichiganAloha Township, Michigan2024Aloha Township, MichiganAloha Township, MI location22019Aloha Township, MI location2Aloha Township, MI location2019Aloha Township, MI location
On the map

Aloha Township on the map, 1957 to 1986

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

Aloha Township on the 1957 USGS mapAloha Township on the 1986 USGS map1957Tower sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Aloha Township

Nobody well known was born in Aloha Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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George Magoffin HumphreyAmerican politician · b. 1890
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Scott SiglerAmerican writer · b. 1969
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Marjorie MatthewsAmerican bishop · b. 1916
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Carol SmallwoodAmerican poet and writer · b. 1939
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Frank FosterAmerican politician from Michigan · b. 1986
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Linda MenardAmerican politician · b. 1943
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Aloha
Gone or out of use
Aloha Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Aloha Township
Devereaux GraveJohnson Grave

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.

Grant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMullett TownshipIts storyCBenton TownshipIts storyC−Waverly TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKoehler TownshipIts storyC−

Questions about Aloha Township’s history

What year was Aloha Township founded?

The Aloha Township post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.