Most of Evart Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1959 on, and the census since 1880.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Evart Township is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns. 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 Evart 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 Evart 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 still be C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.7 points). Two sources give 1871.
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 Evart Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The area was first settled by Civil War veteran Perry "Frank" Everts when he bought 80 acres (32 ha) of land. When the community began to grow in 1870, it was named after him but misspelled. The misspelling of "Evart" was made official when a post office was first established here on August 16, 1870. Orlando Windsor served as the first postmaster. Evart was platted in 1872 by James Kennedy and Delos Blodgett, and the community incorporated as a village the same year. It later incorporated as a city in 1938.
The Evart Downtown Historic District was included on the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 2025 and is the county's only listing on the national registry.
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Evart Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1959Evart 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 Evart 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.
Retake this viewPlat book of Osceola County, Michigan, 1900
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Evart Township’s page.
In 1871, according to Wikidata. the census of 1880 counted 1,302 people here.
How does Evart Township rank for history?
Evart Township is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns. 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 Evart Township?
10% of Evart Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.7 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1978.
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 (6), Wikipedia, 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.
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