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History · Bearinger Township

Half of Bearinger Township’s homes were built after 1976

Most of Bearinger Township was built recently: 0.8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1958 on.

0on the National Register
0.8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bearinger 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 Bearinger Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Bearinger Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bearinger 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, Grace, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Black Lake BluffsCanfield BeachGrace
Gone or out of use
Grace Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bearinger Township
Black Lake State ForestGrace

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

The story so far

Bearinger Township, in brief

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

Bearinger Township is a civil township of Presque Isle County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 371.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 369 in 2010, 371 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Bearinger Township, 1894 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Grace post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1942Post officeThe Grace post office closes
  5. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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On the map

Bearinger Township on the map, 1958 to 1982

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

Bearinger Township on the 1958 USGS mapBearinger Township on the 1982 USGS map1958Grace 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 Bearinger Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Bearinger Township

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

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George Magoffin HumphreyAmerican politician · b. 1890
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Scott SiglerAmerican writer · b. 1969
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Marjorie MatthewsAmerican bishop · b. 1916
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Carol SmallwoodAmerican poet and writer · b. 1939
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Linda MenardAmerican politician · b. 1943
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Archibald RobertsUnited States Army officer · b. 1914
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

North Allis Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOcqueoc Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBenton 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 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.