The Convis Township post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Convis (1840) and Convis (1899), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 1,068 in 19602020 census: 1,508186 years
How historic is Convis Township?
A
More historic than 92% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Convis Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Convis Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Convis Township is more historic than 92% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its age lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Convis 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 Convis Township’s 45.0 sits above most of its state (90% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 7 historic buildings outnumber those of 73% 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 (±6.8 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 Convis Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Convis Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Convis Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek metropolitan statistical area. The population was 1,508 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1840. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,636 to 1,508 (-8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Convis Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1958Grand Rapids sheet · 1:250,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Convis Township.
On the National Register
2 listings protect 7 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
The Convis Township post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Convis Township rank for history?
Convis Township is more historic than 92% of U.S. towns. 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 Convis Township?
Two places: the Stow-Hasbrouck House (listed 1993) and the James and Anne Atmore Bryant Farmstead (2002).
How old are the homes in Convis Township?
26% of Convis Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.8 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1962.
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 Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.
