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History · Arcadia Township

Arcadia Township’s post office opened in 1870, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 4 buildings. Below: maps from 1956 on.

1870first post office
1on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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How Arcadia Township began

When was Arcadia Township founded?

1870

The Arcadia Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 657156 years
Founding year: the first Arcadia Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Arcadia 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 Arcadia 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 Arcadia Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Arcadia Township, in brief

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

Arcadia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Arcadia Township, Manistee County, Michigan, United States. Its population was 309 as of the 2020 census. The community is located along M-22 and the Lake Michigan shore. Arcadia has a post office with ZIP code 49613.

Its first post office opened in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 639 to 657 (+3%).

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

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Arcadia Township on the map, 1956 to 1983

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

Arcadia Township on the 1956 USGS mapArcadia Township on the 1983 USGS map1956Onekama 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 Arcadia Township.

On the National Register

1 listing protects 4 historic buildings

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

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2017
Walther League Camp-Camp Arcadia
Walther League Camp-Camp Arcadia
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Walther League Camp-Camp ArcadiaDistrict

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

Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Arcadia
Gone or out of use
Arcadia Stationlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Arcadia Township
ConwayPilgrim Home

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.

Pleasanton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOnekama Township4 historic placesABlaine Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Arcadia Township’s history

What year was Arcadia Township founded?

The Arcadia Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Arcadia Township?

One place: the Walther League Camp-Camp Arcadia (listed 2017).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.