Concord Township’s post office opened in 1836, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 97% of U.S. towns · #19 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it
3 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 106 buildings. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1948 on, and the census since 1880.
Founding year: the first Concord Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Concord Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Concord Township is more historic than 97% of U.S. towns, #19 of 701 in Michigan. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its age lowest.
A+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Concord Township’s overall grade.
Few Michigan towns list much on the Register (a typical Michigan town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Concord Township’s 402 sits above most of its state (98% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 110 historic buildings outnumber those of 90% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A to A+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Concord Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Concord first received a post office in 1836. It was incorporated as a village in 1871.
The Michigan Historical Center operates a museum in Concord called the Mann House. The Mann House is an excellent example of typical middle-class domestic architecture of the early 1880s and features the family's sleigh and buggy as well as Jackson's Michigan State Prison made furniture.
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Concord Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1948Spring Arbor 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 Concord Township.
Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewConcord Grist Mill, Concord, Michigan -- card postmarked 1910, c. 1910
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Concord Township’s page.
The Concord Township post office opened in 1836, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Concord Township rank for history?
Concord Township is more historic than 97% of U.S. towns, #19 of 701 in Michigan. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Concord Township?
Three places: the Mann House (listed 1970), the Paddock-Hubbard House (1994) and the Concord Village Historic District (1996).
How old are the homes in Concord Township?
33% of Concord Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.1 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1968.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, 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.
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