The Fairgrove Township post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Kintner (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 437 in 19102020 census: 1,549169 years
How historic is Fairgrove Township?
B−
More historic than 50% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Fairgrove Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Fairgrove Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fairgrove Township is more historic than 50% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fairgrove 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 Fairgrove 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 range from C to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.4 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Fairgrove Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Peaked at 691 in 1980; 514 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fairgrove Township’s Wikipedia page.
The story so far
Fairgrove Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairgrove Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Fairgrove is a village in Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Fairgrove had a population of 514. The village is located within Fairgrove Township.
Its first post office opened in 1857. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,579 in 2010, 1,549 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Fairgrove Township, 1857 to 1980
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 Fairgrove Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1963Fairgrove 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 Fairgrove Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Kintner, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Fairgrove
1857–today
Kintner
1882–1898
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FairgroveVillageside Mobile Home Park
Gone or out of use
Kinter Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fairgrove Township
BrooksideMorelandPerkins
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Fairgrove Township post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Fairgrove Township rank for history?
Fairgrove Township is more historic than 50% 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 Fairgrove Township?
30% of Fairgrove Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.4 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1961.
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 (3), 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.
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