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History · Burt

Burt’s post office opened in 1889, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Burt was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975.

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How Burt began

When was Burt founded?

1889

The Burt post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,194137 years
Founding year: the first Burt post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Burt’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 Burt are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Burt’s history is told.

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The story so far

Burt, in brief

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

Burt is a census-designated place (CDP) and Unincorporated community for statistical purposes in Taymouth Township, Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Burt had a population of 1,194. Burt is also the name of a post office with ZIP code 48417, which includes the area of the CDP as well as portions of Taymouth Township to the north of the CDP and the eastern part of Albee Township and a small area of southeastern Spaulding Township. The town is named for Wellington R. Burt.

Its first post office opened in 1889. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,228 to 1,194 (-3%).

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

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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 National Register

1 historic place in Burt

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

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Burt

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

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Serena WilliamsAmerican tennis player · b. 1981
Stevie WonderAmerican and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, compos… · b. 1950
Draymond GreenAmerican basketball player · b. 1990
Jason RichardsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1981
Theodore RoethkeAmerican poet · b. 1908
S. Epatha MerkersonAmerican actress · b. 1952
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Montrose TownshipIts storyC+Taymouth Township1 historic placeC+

Questions about Burt’s history

What year was Burt founded?

The Burt post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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

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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 →