On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Day Township is more historic than 58% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Day 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 Day Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (32% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.6 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Day Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Peaked at 3,220 in 1880; 1,141 people lived here in 2020.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Day Township’s Wikipedia page.
The story so far
Day Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Day Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Day Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,141. The Mid Michigan Motorplex, formerly known as the Central Michigan Dragway, is located within the township.[1]
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,172 to 1,141 (-3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Day Township, 1872 to 1964
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Day Township is more historic than 58% 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.
How old are the homes in Day Township?
28% of Day Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.6 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 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.
