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Au Gres dates to 1862

Most of Au Gres was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978.

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How Au Gres began

When was Au Gres founded?

1862

Au Gres dates its founding to 1862 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1883.

2020 census: 945164 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1883.The full story ↓

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How Au Gres came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Au Gres.

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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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Timeline

Au Gres, 1862 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1862
    FoundingAu Gres is established
  3. 1883Post officeThe Au Gres post office opens
  4. 1895Post officeThe Augres post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905Post officeThe Augres post office closes
  7. 1956Born hereLynn N. Rivers is born here
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Au Gres’s post office has been open since 1883. Another post office, Augres, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Au Gres
1883–today
Augres
1895–1905
18801950today
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Au Gres AirportairportAu Gres Stationlocale

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.

Au Gres TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSims TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Au Gres’ history

What year was Au Gres founded?

In 1862, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Au Gres’ post office opened in 1883.

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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, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.