Half of Eureka Township’s homes were built after 1990
More historic than 27% of U.S. towns · #587 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it
Most of Eureka Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1972 on and the census since 1850.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Eureka Township is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns, #587 of 701 in Michigan. 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 Eureka 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 Eureka 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 (±8.7 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 Eureka Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eureka Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Eureka Township is a charter township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,211 at the 2020 census, up from 3,959 in 2010. The township surrounds the city of Greenville, a separate municipality, and the Greenville post office, with ZIP code 48838, serves all of Eureka Township. Eureka Township was established in 1850.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,959 to 4,211 (+6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eureka Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1972Greenville West 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 Eureka Township.
People over time
Eureka Township, census by census
Grew from 461 people in 1850 to 4,211 in 2020, 9 times over.
18 censuses, 1850–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Eureka Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Eureka Township
Nobody well known was born in Eureka Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Eureka Township is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns, #587 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 Eureka Township?
9% of Eureka Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.7 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1990.
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) 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.
