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History · Clinton Township

Half of Clinton Township’s homes were built after 1975

Most of Clinton Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1972 on.

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What stands out about Clinton 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 Clinton Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Clinton Township, in brief

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

Clinton Township is a civil township of Oscoda County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 431 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 441 to 431 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Clinton Township, 1881 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Comins post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Comins post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900Post officeThe Comins post office opens
  6. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Clinton Township on the map, 1972 to 1983

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

Clinton Township on the 1972 USGS mapClinton Township on the 1983 USGS map1972McCollum Lake 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 Clinton Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Comins
1881–1882
Comins
1900–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Comins
Gone or out of use
Comins StationlocaleMillen Stationlocale
1cemetery inside Clinton Township
Mooney

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.

Comins TownshipIts storyC−Elmer TownshipIts storyDMitchell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRust TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLoud 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, 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.