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History · Clam Union Township

14% of Clam Union Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1880.

0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Clam Union 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 Clam Union Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Clam Union Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,381 in 1910; 907 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clam Union Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Falmouth
1871–today
Vogel Centre
1878–1893
Vogel Center
1893–1914
Prosper
1901–1914
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FalmouthProsperVogel Center
Gone or out of use
Falmouth StationlocaleProsper Post Officepost officeVogel Center Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clam Union Township
Clam UnionProsperVogel Center

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

People over time

Clam Union Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,40018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,381

Peaked at 1,381 in 1910; 907 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clam Union Township’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Clam Union Township, in brief

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

Clam Union Township is a civil township of Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 907 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 882 to 907 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Clam Union Township, 1871 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Falmouth post office opens
  3. 1878Post officeThe Vogel Centre post office opens
  4. 1893Post officeThe Vogel Centre post office closes
  5. 1893Post officeThe Vogel Center post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1910CensusPopulation peaks at 1,381
  8. 1914Post officeThe Vogel Center post office closes
  9. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Clam Union Township on the map, 1957 to 1983

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

Clam Union Township on the 1957 USGS mapClam Union Township on the 1983 USGS map1957Marion sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Clam Union Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Holland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAetna TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRiverside TownshipIts storyB−Winterfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.