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History · Au Gres Township

Au Gres Township dates to 1862

Most of Au Gres Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1910.

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How Au Gres Township began

When was Au Gres Township founded?

1862

Au Gres Township dates its founding to 1862 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 252 in 19102020 census: 896164 years
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How Au Gres Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Au Gres Township.

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French explorers named the location Point Au Grès; grès means "gritty stone" or "sandstone," from which the river and the town take their names. It was first settled in 1862 temporarily by workers on the Saginaw–Au Sable State Road. The first permanent settler was John Edward Bradley, who built the Bradley House in 1866. On August 8, 1867, the location, which was still a part of Bay County, was granted a post office with Bradley as the first postmaster. The post office was closed from March 2, 1874 until April 30, 1874.

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On the map

Au Gres Township on the map, 1966 to 1984

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

Au Gres Township on the 1966 USGS mapAu Gres Township on the 1976 USGS mapAu Gres Township on the 1984 USGS map1966Au Gres 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 Au Gres Township.

People over time

Au Gres Township, census by census

02004006008001,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,028

Between 199 and 1,028 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Au Gres Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Arenac TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAu GresIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSims TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTurner TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Au Gres Township’s history

What year was Au Gres Township founded?

In 1862, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1910 counted 252 people here.

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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, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.