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History · Dickson Township

10% of Dickson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1957 on.

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Dickson 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 Dickson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Dickson Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dickson Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

High Bridge
1890–1903
Brethren
1901–today
Highbridge
1911–1922
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Brethren
Gone or out of use
Brethren StationlocaleHigh Bridge Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Dickson Township
BrethrenDickson

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Dickson Township, in brief

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

Dickson Township is a civil township of Manistee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 980 at the 2020 census. Most of the township lies within the Manistee National Forest. The Manistee River runs through the eastern and southern portions, with the Tippy Dam forming the Tippy Dam Pond along the south-central boundary.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 993 in 2010, 980 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Dickson Township, 1890 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe High Bridge post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Brethren post office opens
  5. 1903Post officeThe High Bridge post office closes
  6. 1911Post officeThe Highbridge post office opens
  7. 1922Post officeThe Highbridge post office closes
  8. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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.

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On the map

Dickson Township on the map, 1957 to 1987

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

Dickson Township on the 1957 USGS mapDickson Township on the 1987 USGS map1957Copemish 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 Dickson Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Norman TownshipIts storyC−Slagle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrown TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMaple Grove Township1 historic placeBMarilla 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.