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History · Blissfield Township

Blissfield Township’s post office opened in 1828, and 51% of its homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 43 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1988 on.

1828first post office
3on the National Register
51%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Blissfield Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Blissfield Township began

When was Blissfield Township founded?

1828

The Blissfield Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 3,924198 years
Founding year: the first Blissfield Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Blissfield 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Blissfield Downtown Historic District takes in 43 historic buildings.Old housesHalf of Blissfield Township’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Blissfield Township.
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Start Blissfield Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blissfield Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewHathaway House Restaurant, Route 223, B…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the National Register

3 listings protect 45 historic buildings

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

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
45
each building in a district counts
first listed
1971
First Presbyterian Church of Blissfield
First Presbyterian Church of BlissfieldDavid Carpenter House, built 1960Blissfield Downtown Historic District
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
First Presbyterian Church of BlissfieldBuilding
David Carpenter HouseGreek Revival · Built 1960
Blissfield Downtown Historic DistrictDistrict

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

The story

How Blissfield Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Blissfield Township.

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During World War II, 16 German POWs, who were working on a sugar beet farm near Blissfield, were killed in an accident when their truck collided with a train as they were returning to Fort Custer. They are now buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery.

According to local legend, Blissfield was home to the first set of Triple Bridges in the world. These three bridges stood directly next to each other and crossed the River Raisin to accommodate train and vehicular travel. The interurban bridge was torn down and the road bridge was replaced with a larger bridge in place of both bridges.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Blissfield Township, 1828 to 1988

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Blissfield post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1960BuiltDavid Carpenter House is built
  5. 1988In the archiveHathaway House Restaurant, Route 223, Blissfield, Michigan
By decade

Blissfield Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
Hathaway House Restaurant, Route 223, Blissfield, Michigan1988Hathaway House Restaurant, Route 223, Blissfield, Mic…
1990snothing yet
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.
Add from your album
Today5 recent
Blissfield Baptist Church, 717 North Monroe Street, Blissfield, Michigan2011Blissfield Baptist Church, 717 North Monroe Street, B…Blissfield Area Historical Society Depot Museum, 125 Norrth Lane Street, Blissfield, Michigan2011Blissfield Area Historical Society Depot Museum, 125 …Betz Airport, 4504 South Blissfield Highway, Blissfield, Michigan2011Betz Airport, 4504 South Blissfield Highway, Blissfie…David Carpenter House historic site-Hathaway House Restaurant2010David Carpenter House historic site-Hathaway House Re…Blissfield township Grain Elevators2010Blissfield township Grain Elevators
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.

Hathaway House Restaurant, Route 223, Blissfield, Michigan
Retake this viewHathaway House Restaurant, Route 223, Blissfield, Michigan, 1988

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Blissfield Township’s page.

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Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
BlissfieldCoach Light Estates Mobile Home Park
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Blissfield Township
CranePleasant ViewSpeigel

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.

Deerfield TownshipIts storyA−Palmyra TownshipIts storyB+Riga TownshipIts storyBOgden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRidgeway TownshipIts storyA−Blissfield2 historic placesA+

Questions about Blissfield Township’s history

What year was Blissfield Township founded?

The Blissfield Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Blissfield Township?

Three places: the First Presbyterian Church of Blissfield (listed 1971), the David Carpenter House (1979) and the Blissfield Downtown Historic District (2015).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, 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.