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History · Arthur Township

23% of Arthur Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1969 on.

0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Arthur Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Arthur Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Arthur Township, in brief

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

Arthur Township is a civil township of Clare County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township population was 676 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 647 to 676 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Arthur Township, 1891 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Tonkin post office opens
  3. 1893Post officeThe Tonkin post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Arthur Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Arthur Township on the map, 1969 to 1985

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

Arthur Township on the 1969 USGS mapArthur Township on the 1985 USGS map1969Browns Corners 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 Arthur Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Arthur Township

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

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NFAmerican rapper from Michigan · b. 1991
Debbie StabenowAmerican politician · b. 1950
Wayne TerwilligerAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1925
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Virginia Harriett KlineStratigrapher and geologist · b. 1910
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Glenn Douglas PackardMultimedia artist · b. 1969
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Jason WentworthAmerican politician · b. 1982
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Tonkin Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Arthur Township
ArthurSaint John's Lutheran

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.

Hamilton TownshipIts storyDGrout TownshipIts storyCHatton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSheridan TownshipIts storyC+

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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 (2), 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.