The Denmark Township post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Denmark (1862), Gates (1871) and Jenney (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 2,741164 years
How historic is Denmark Township?
C+
More historic than 45% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Denmark Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Denmark Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Denmark Township is more historic than 45% of U.S. towns, #411 of 701 in Michigan. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Denmark 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 Denmark 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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.6 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 Denmark Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Denmark
1862–1900
Richville
1862–today
Gates
1871–1874
Reese
1874–today
Jenney
1881–1894
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Denmark JunctionKarrs CornerMeadows Mobile Home ParkPebble Creek Mobile Home CommunityReeseRichville
Gone or out of use
Denmark Post Officepost officeJenney Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Denmark Township
Denmark TownshipSaint Michael's German Lutheran
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Denmark Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Denmark Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Denmark Township is a civil township of Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,741 at the 2020 census. Denmark Township was organized in 1853.
Its first post office opened in 1862. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,068 to 2,741 (-11%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Denmark Township, 1862 to 1963
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Denmark Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1963Reese 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 Denmark Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Denmark Township
Nobody well known was born in Denmark Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Denmark Township post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Denmark Township rank for history?
Denmark Township is more historic than 45% of U.S. towns, #411 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.
How old are the homes in Denmark Township?
23% of Denmark Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.6 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1969.
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, 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.
