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History · Felch Township

Felch Township’s post office opened in 1906, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1955 on.

1906first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Felch Township began

When was Felch Township founded?

1906

The Felch Township post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Metropolitan (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 687120 years
Founding year: the first Felch Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Felch Township’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 Felch Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Felch Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Felch Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Metropolitan, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Metropolitan
1891–1963
Felch
1906–today
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FelchFelch MountainMetropolitanSpruceTheodoreTurner
Gone or out of use
Felch StationlocaleGroveland MinemineMetropolitan Post Officepost officeMetropolitan Stationlocale
1cemetery inside Felch Township
Felch

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Felch Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Felch Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Felch Township is a civil township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan, named in honor of Alpheus Felch. The population was 687 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1906. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 752 to 687 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Felch Township, 1891 to 1963

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Metropolitan post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906Post officeThe Felch post office opens
  5. 1919Born hereGilbert Klefstad is born here
  6. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1963Post officeThe Metropolitan post office closes
By decade

Felch Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Felch Township, MI location2018Felch Township, MI location
On the map

Felch Township on the map, 1955 to 1986

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

Felch Township on the 1955 USGS mapFelch Township on the 1986 USGS map1955Ralph 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 Felch Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Sagola Township1 historic placeB−Breen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Branch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorway TownshipIts storyB−Ely Township1 historic placeB

Questions about Felch Township’s history

What year was Felch Township founded?

The Felch Township post office opened in 1906, 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 (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.