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History · Brookfield Township

44% of Brookfield Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1963 on.

0on the National Register
44%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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What stands out about Brookfield 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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Brookfield Township’s homes were built before 1945.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brookfield 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 viewPlat book of Huron County, Michigan - a…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Brookfield Township, in brief

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

Brookfield Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 739.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 760 to 739 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Brookfield Township, 1886 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Creel post office opens
  3. 1889Post officeThe Creel post office closes
  4. 1889Post officeThe Owendale post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904In the archiveMap of Creel City, Michigan (1904)
  7. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Brookfield Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s2 items
Map of Creel City, Michigan (1904)1904Map of Creel City, Michigan (1904)MapPlat book of Huron County, Michigan - also patron's business and general farmer's directory of Huron Co., Mich. - with …1904Plat book of Huron County, Michigan - also patron's b…
1910s–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.
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Today1 recent
Brookfield Township (Huron), MI location2019Brookfield Township (Huron), MI location
On the map

Brookfield Township on the map, 1963 to 1984

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

Brookfield Township on the 1963 USGS mapBrookfield Township on the 1984 USGS map1963Owendale 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 Brookfield Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Plat book of Huron County, Michigan - also patron's business and general farmer's directory of Huron Co., Mich. - with …
Retake this viewPlat book of Huron County, Michigan - also patron's business and general farmer's directory of Huron Co., Mich. - with …, 1904

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Famous people

Famous people close to Brookfield Township

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

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Brewster H. ShawAmerican astronaut · b. 1945
James BrookerAmerican pole vaulter · b. 1902
Helen Thompson GaigeAmerican herpetologist · b. 1890
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Josh AsselinAmerican basketball player · b. 1978
Larry MacPhailAmerican lawyer · b. 1890
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Bessie Louise PierceAmerican historian · b. 1888
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Another post office, Creel, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Creel
1886–1889
Owendale
1889–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Owendale
Gone or out of use
Owendale 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.

Sebewaing Township1 historic placeAGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElmwood TownshipIts storyB−Winsor TownshipIts storyB

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.