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History · Flynn Township

Flynn Township dates to 1869

Most of Flynn Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 2000.

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How Flynn Township began

When was Flynn Township founded?

1869

Flynn Township dates its founding to 1869 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 2000.

First census: 1,040 in 20002020 census: 1,013157 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1871.

What stands out about Flynn 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 Flynn Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Flynn Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flynn Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Omard
1871–1904
Flynn
1895–1904
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Omard Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Flynn Township
Omard

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

The story so far

Flynn Township, in brief

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

Flynn Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,013 at the 2020 census. Board meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 8:00 PM (Eastern Time Zone) at the Flynn Township Senior Center, 5251 Shephard Road Brown City, MI 48416.

Flynn Township was established in 1869. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,050 to 1,013 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Flynn Township, 1869 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869
    FoundingFlynn Township is established
  3. 1871Post officeThe Omard post office opens
  4. 1895Post officeThe Flynn post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Omard post office closes
  7. 1904Post officeThe Flynn post office closes
  8. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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.

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On the map

Flynn Township on the map, 1963 to 1984

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

Flynn Township on the 1963 USGS mapFlynn Township on the 1984 USGS map1963Juhl 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 Flynn Township.

People over time

Flynn Township, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 1,050

Between 1,013 and 1,050 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Flynn Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Flynn Township

Nobody well known was born in Flynn Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Zelda SearsActress, novelist, screenwriter and businesswom… · b. 1873
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Jon HorstAmerican basketball player · b. 1983
Murray Van WagonerAmerican politician · b. 1898
Charles BowlesAmerican politician · b. 1884
Dewayne T. WilliamsUnited States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recip… · b. 1949
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Colleen HoweSports agent · b. 1933
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Maple Valley TownshipIts storyBElk TownshipIts storyC+Marlette TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElmer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBurnside TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Flynn Township’s history

What year was Flynn Township founded?

In 1869, according to Wikidata. Flynn Township’s post office opened in 1871, and the census of 2000 counted 1,040 people here.

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 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.