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History · Fairgrove

Fairgrove’s post office opened in 1857, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1910.

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How Fairgrove began

When was Fairgrove founded?

1857

The Fairgrove post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 437 in 19102020 census: 514169 years
Founding year: the first Fairgrove post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Fairgrove’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Fairgrove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 691 in 1980; 514 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Fairgrove’s homes were built before 1959.
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Start Fairgrove’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Fairgrove, census by census

0100200300400500600700192019401960198020002020Peak: 691

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’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Fairgrove, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairgrove 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. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 563 to 514 (-9%).

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

By decade

Fairgrove, decade by decade

Today3 recent
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On the map

Fairgrove on the map, 1963 to 1984

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

Fairgrove on the 1963 USGS mapFairgrove on the 1973 USGS mapFairgrove on the 1984 USGS map1963Fairgrove 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.

Questions about Fairgrove’s history

What year was Fairgrove founded?

The Fairgrove post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.