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History · Argyle Township

Argyle Township’s post office opened in 1876, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Argyle Township began

When was Argyle Township founded?

1876

The Argyle Township post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Laing (1896), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 687150 years
Founding year: the first Argyle Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Argyle 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 Argyle Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Argyle Township’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Argyle Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Argyle Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Argyle Township.

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Jacob Sitter (modern "Seder") was the first recognized permanent settler in Argyle Township. On 1 July 1861 Jacob purchased 320 acres in Argyle Township (from the state of Michigan), on which he first built a two-story barn for his livestock (first story) and his family (second story).

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Timeline

Argyle Township, 1876 to 1906

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Argyle post office opens
  3. 1896Post officeThe Laing post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906Post officeThe Laing post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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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Places that used to be

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

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

Argyle
1876–today
Laing
1896–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ArgyleLaing
Gone or out of use
Laing Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Argyle Township
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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.

Wheatland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEvergreen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAustin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoore TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Argyle Township’s history

What year was Argyle Township founded?

The Argyle Township post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.