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History · Forest Township

Half of Forest Township’s homes were built after 1983

Most of Forest Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1957 on.

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What stands out about Forest 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 Forest Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Forest Township, in brief

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

Forest Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 977 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,045 to 977 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Forest Township, 1897 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1897Post officeThe Midway post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Tower post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901Post officeThe Midway post office closes
  6. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Forest Township on the map, 1957 to 1986

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

Forest Township on the 1957 USGS mapForest Township on the 1986 USGS map1957Tower 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 Forest Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Midway
1897–1901
Tower
1899–today
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Tower
Gone or out of use
Midway Post Officepost officeTower Stationlocale
1cemetery inside Forest Township
Forest Lawn

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.

Allis TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWaverly TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNunda TownshipIts storyCWalker TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMontmorency TownshipIts storyC−

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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, 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.