The Bingham Township post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Bingham (1862), Bloomington (1882) and Wadsworth (1885), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,642164 years
How historic is Bingham Township?
C+
More historic than 38% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Bingham Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Bingham Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Bingham Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Bingham Township’s overall grade.
Few Michigan towns list much on the Register (a typical Michigan town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Bingham Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (32% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Bingham Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Bingham
1862–1862
Ubly
1880–today
Bloomington
1882–1884
Wadsworth
1885–1905
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Ubly
Gone or out of use
Bloomington Post Officepost officeWadsworth Post Officepost officeWadsworth Stationlocale
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bingham Township
LutheranOld Saint John'sSaint John the Evangelist CatholicTyreValley
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Bingham Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bingham Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Bingham Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,642. The township is named for Kinsley S. Bingham, a U.S. representative and U.S. senator from and governor of Michigan.
Its first post office opened in 1862. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,709 to 1,642 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Bingham Township, 1862 to 1963
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bingham Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1963Ubly 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 Bingham Township.
Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewPlat book of Huron County, Michigan - also patron's business and general farmer's directory of Huron Co., Mich. - with …, 1904
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Bingham Township’s page.
The Bingham Township post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Bingham Township rank for history?
Bingham Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Bingham Township?
17% of Bingham Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.1 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1968.
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).
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.
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