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History · Dundee Township

Dundee Township dates to 1823, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 90% of U.S. towns · #63 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 26 buildings. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1912 on, and the census since 1880.

1823founded
1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Dundee Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Dundee Township began

When was Dundee Township founded?

1823

Dundee Township dates its founding to 1823 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 932 in 18802020 census: 8,145203 years

How historic is Dundee Township?

A

More historic than 90% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1834.
History grade

What drives Dundee Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Dundee Township is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns, #63 of 701 in Michigan. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.

A
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Dundee Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1823, from Wikidata: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194021.2% of homes (±6.2) · typical MI town 11.9% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register1 listing, 26 historic buildings, 30.5 per 10,000 residents · typical MI town 0.0 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 90%
NewerOlder
Michigan towns of 2,500+ (701)Ahead of 91%

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 Dundee Township’s 30.5 sits above most of its state (88% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 26 historic buildings outnumber those of 81% 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 (±6.2 points). Two sources give 1823.

Founding year: Wikidata (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 Dundee 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 writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Dundee Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A historic districtThe Dundee Historic District takes in 26 historic buildings.On the map since 19125 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 1972. Watch Dundee Township change.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Dundee Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dundee Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewOldmilldundee: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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.

Winfield
1834–1836
Dundee
1836–today
Rea
1886–1906
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Country Heritage Mobile Home ParkDiannDundeeDundee Meadows Mobile Home ParkRea
Gone or out of use
Rea Post Officepost officeRea Stationlocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Dundee Township
BarberLeibMaple Grove

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

On the National Register

1 listing protects 26 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
26
each building in a district counts
first listed
1990
Dundee Historic District
Dundee Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Late Victorian1
Italianate1
Mid-19th Century1
Greek Revival1
Dundee Historic DistrictLate Victorian

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Dundee Township, in brief

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

Dundee is a village in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,323 at the 2020 census, up from 3,957 in 2010. The village is within Dundee Township and is served by Dundee Community Schools. Settled as early as 1823, Dundee was incorporated as a village in 1855. The downtown Dundee Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which also includes the Old Mill Museum and the Macon Reservation of the River Raisin National Battlefield Park. The village is nicknamed the "Hub of the Highways" due to the intersection of major historic thoroughfares at the village's center (specifically present-day M-50 and U.S. Route 23).

Dundee Township was established in 1823. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 6,759 to 8,145 (+21%).

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

Timeline

Dundee Township, 1823 to 1950

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1823
    FoundingDundee Township is established
  3. 1834Post officeThe Winfield post office opens
  4. 1836Post officeThe Winfield post office closes
  5. 1836Post officeThe Dundee post office opens
  6. 1886Post officeThe Rea post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1901In the archiveDundee, Michigan. Detail from Map of Monroe County 1901
  9. 1906Post officeThe Rea post office closes
  10. 1912On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 1950In the archiveOldmilldundee
By decade

Dundee Township, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1950s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
Dundee, Michigan. Detail from Map of Monroe County 19011901Dundee, Michigan. Detail from Map of Monroe County 19…Map
1910s–1940snothing yet
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.
Add from your album
1950s1 item
Oldmilldundee1950Oldmilldundee
1960s–1990snothing yet
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.
Add from your album
Today16 recent
Dundee Middle School Michigan2011Dundee Middle School MichiganDundee High School Michigan2011Dundee High School MichiganIntersection of M-50 & US 232010Intersection of M-50 & US 23DundeeHistoricDistrict2010DundeeHistoricDistrictDundee,Mi 10-9102010Dundee,Mi 10-910Dundee,Mi 10-9-102010Dundee,Mi 10-9-10Dundee,Mi - panoramio (5)2010Dundee,Mi - panoramio (5)Dundee,Mi - panoramio (4)2010Dundee,Mi - panoramio (4)Dundee,Mi - panoramio (3)2010Dundee,Mi - panoramio (3)Dundee,mi2010Dundee,miDundee,Mi - panoramio (2)2010Dundee,Mi - panoramio (2)Dundee,Mi - panoramio (1)2010Dundee,Mi - panoramio (1)Cabela's Water Tower, Waterstradt Commerce Dr2010Cabela's Water Tower, Waterstradt Commerce DrCabela's Water Tower2010Cabela's Water TowerOld Mill Museum (Dundee, MI) (2)2009Old Mill Museum (Dundee, MI) (2)MIMap-doton-Dundee2005MIMap-doton-Dundee
On the map

Dundee Township on the map, 1912 to 1972

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

Dundee Township on the 1912 USGS mapDundee Township on the 1926 USGS mapDundee Township on the 1939 USGS mapDundee Township on the 1940 USGS mapDundee Township on the 1972 USGS map1912Dundee 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 Dundee 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.

Oldmilldundee
Retake this viewOldmilldundee, 1950

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Dundee Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
People over time

Dundee Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,0005,500188019001920194019601980200020205,323

Grew from 932 people in 1880 to 5,323 in 2020, 5 times over.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Dundee Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Summerfield TownshipIts storyC+Milan TownshipIts storyB+Raisinville TownshipIts storyB−London TownshipIts storyBIda TownshipIts storyBDeerfield TownshipIts storyA−Ridgeway TownshipIts storyA−

Questions about Dundee Township’s history

What year was Dundee Township founded?

In 1823, according to Wikidata. Dundee Township’s post office opened in 1834, and the census of 1880 counted 932 people here.

How does Dundee Township rank for history?

Dundee Township is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns, #63 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 Dundee Township?

One place: the Dundee Historic District (listed 1990).

How old are the homes in Dundee Township?

21% of Dundee Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.2 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1993.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (18), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.