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History · Chippewa Township

14% of Chippewa Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the M-28-Tahquamenon River Bridge. Below: maps from 1951 on.

1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Chippewa 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 Chippewa Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Chippewa Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chippewa Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Eckerman
1891–today
Strongs
1899–1963
Seewhy
1912–1926
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EckermanEckerman CornerSeewhyStrongsStrongs Corner
Gone or out of use
Eckerman StationlocaleO Conner AirstripairportSeewhy Post Officepost officeSeewhy StationlocaleStrongs Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Chippewa Township
Coburn

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

The story so far

Chippewa Township, in brief

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

Chippewa Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 187.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 213 to 187 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Chippewa Township, 1891 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Eckerman post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Strongs post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1912Post officeThe Seewhy post office opens
  6. 1926Post officeThe Seewhy post office closes
  7. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1963Post officeThe Strongs post office closes
By decade

Chippewa Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Eckerman, MI road signage2023Eckerman, MI road signageChippewa Township (Chippewa County), MI location22019Chippewa Township (Chippewa County), MI location2
On the map

Chippewa Township on the map in 1951

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chippewa Township.

Chippewa Township on the 1951 USGS map1951Eckerman 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 Chippewa Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Chippewa Township

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1999
M-28-Tahquamenon River Bridge
M-28-Tahquamenon River Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Steel Plate Deck Girder Bridge1
M-28-Tahquamenon River BridgeSteel Plate Deck Girder Bridge

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Chippewa Township

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

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Terry O'QuinnAmerican actor · b. 1952
Taffy AbelIce hockey player from the United States · b. 1900
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Bob BemerAmerican computer scientist and aerospace engin… · b. 1920
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Dick LundyAmerican animator · b. 1907
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft19th century American Indian literary author · b. 1800
Bernice SteadmanAmerican aviator and autobiographer · b. 1925
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Kinross Township1 historic placeCHulbert TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSuperior TownshipIts storyCWhitefish Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTrout Lake Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBay Mills Township1 historic placeB−

Questions about Chippewa Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Chippewa Township?

One place: the M-28-Tahquamenon River Bridge (listed 1999).

Memory lane

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 →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.