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History · Antioch Township

Half of Antioch Township’s homes were built after 1988

Most of Antioch Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1956 on.

0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Antioch Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Antioch 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Antioch Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewAntioch Township, MI location: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Antioch Township, in brief

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

Antioch Township is a civil township of Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 900 at the 2020 census. The township is home to Briar Hill, the highest elevation in the Lower Peninsula at 1,706 feet (520 m) above sea level.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 815 to 900 (+10%).

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

Timeline

Antioch Township, 1868 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Sherman post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1925Post officeThe Sherman post office closes
  5. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Antioch Township, decade by decade

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Antioch Township, MI locationDate?Antioch Township, MI location
Today2 recent
Antioch Township, MI hall2022Antioch Township, MI hallBriar HIll (Michigan)2017Briar HIll (Michigan)
On the map

Antioch Township on the map, 1956 to 1987

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

Antioch Township on the 1956 USGS mapAntioch Township on the 1987 USGS map1956Mesick 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 Antioch Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Antioch Township, MI location
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Famous people

Famous people close to Antioch Township

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

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Jan Harold BrunvandAmerican folklorist · b. 1933
Adolph WolgastAmerican boxer · b. 1888
Guy Vander JagtAmerican politician · b. 1931
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Luke Winslow-KingAmerican singer-songwriter, guitarist and bandl… · b. 1983
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Claude A. WatsonAmerican politician · b. 1885
Dora Hall StockmanAmerican writer and lecturer · b. 1872
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Sherman
Gone or out of use
Sherman Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Antioch Township
Antioch TownshipMesick - Sherman

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.

Colfax TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBoon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHanover TownshipIts storyC−Springville TownshipIts storyC

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Sources

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 (3), 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.