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History · Arvon Township

Arvon Township’s post office opened in 1875, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Avon Township Hall. Below: maps from 1954 on.

1875first post office
1on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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How Arvon Township began

When was Arvon Township founded?

1875

The Arvon Township post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Arvon (1875), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 492151 years
Founding year: the first Arvon Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Arvon 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 Arvon Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Arvon Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Arvon 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.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Arvon
1875–1893
Skanee
1876–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Glovers CornerMcComb CornerSkanee
Gone or out of use
Arvon Post Officepost officeArvon Stationlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Arvon Township
Old SkaneeSkanee

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Arvon Township, in brief

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

Arvon Township ( ARR-vahn) is a civil township of Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 492. Despite its name, Mount Arvon, the highest point in Michigan, is located just south of the township, in neighboring L'Anse Township. Arvon Township's name is derived from that of the district of Carnarvon in Wales, famous for its slate industry, because of the deposits of slate in the township which were once the site of a failed quarry operation.

Its first post office opened in 1875. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 450 to 492 (+9%).

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

Timeline

Arvon Township, 1875 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe Arvon post office opens
  3. 1876Post officeThe Skanee post office opens
  4. 1893Post officeThe Arvon post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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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On the map

Arvon Township on the map, 1954 to 1985

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

Arvon Township on the 1954 USGS mapArvon Township on the 1985 USGS map1954Skanee 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 Arvon Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Arvon Township

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1981
Avon Township Hall
Avon Township Hall
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular1
Avon Township HallVernacular

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Arvon Township

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

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Eugene ParkerAmerican astronomer · b. 1927
Nancy Harkness LoveAmerican aviator · b. 1914
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Donald G. SaariAmerican mathematician, expert on voting method… · b. 1940
Manson BenedictAmerican nuclear engineer · b. 1907
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James Peter DavisCatholic archbishop · b. 1904
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Mary Odile CahoonAmerican Benedictine nun, biologist and Antarct… · b. 1929
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

L'Anse Township3 historic placesB+Powell Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMichigamme Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Arvon Township’s history

What year was Arvon Township founded?

The Arvon Township post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Arvon Township?

One place: the Avon Township Hall (listed 1981).

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 Wikidata (1), 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.