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Eden Township is a civil township of Mason County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 580 at the 2020 census. Organized in 1878, Eden Township was named after the Garden of Eden.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 582 in 2010, 580 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Eden Township in 1882
Passages that mention Eden Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Mason County, Michigan1882 · page 77Read the page →
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of the railroad. In close proximity to this point we find the farms township. It is a station on the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad of Messrs. Lampman and Marsh, upon each of which are quite an(j js ft thrifty business point. The village was platted in the Fall large improvements. They have been about seven years in this 0f 1373 by Charles E. Resseguie, of Ludington, who owned a large vicinity. To the north of them is Mr. Aspinwall, an old up-river resitract of land in Eden Township. He erected a store and other dent, who has a very desirable farm. Immediately north of him buildings, and the same Fall J. L. and C. T. Wicks built a sawmill Mr. Isaac Myers has erected a house and located on a desirable which is now owned by Mr. Resseguie. In the Spring of 1880, tract of land. W. T. Kimsey has also erected a substantial and Harlin started a wooden bowl factory and a store, and about the roomy house, and lias a tract of land, which to our view is second same time a tannery was started. The lumber and manufacturing
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Eden Township, 1888 to 1931
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 Eden Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1931Custer SW sheet · 1:31,680
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Eden Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Eden Township
Nobody well known was born in Eden Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
