On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fraser Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #487 of 701 in Michigan. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fraser 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 Fraser 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 two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.4 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Fraser Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Seven other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Terry Station
1872–1874
Maxwell
1875–1880
Terry Station
1877–1882
Michie
1880–1904
Linwood
1882–today
Lengsville
1892–1911
Garfield
1897–1909
Tebo
1898–1904
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Almeda BeachLinwoodMeyers Beach
Gone or out of use
Garfield Post Officepost officeLengsville Post Officepost officeLengsville StationlocaleMichie Post Officepost officeMichie StationlocaleTebo Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fraser Township
Fraser TownshipProtestantSaint Ann
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Fraser Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fraser Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The Maxwell Post Office was opened on June 24, 1875, and lasted until September 6, 1880. This post office was reopened on December 20, 1880, with the name, Michie, on State Road near Coggins Road. On March 25, 1892, the Lengsville Post Office opened on Anderson Road near Elevator Road. The Tebo Post Office started operations on June 6, 1898, at Mackinaw Road and Neuman Road.
Two post offices ceased operations in 1904 Tebo on May 31 and Michie Post Office on October 15. Lengsville PO closed on March 31, 1911.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fraser Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1967Pinconning 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 Fraser Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Fraser Township
Nobody well known was born in Fraser Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Fraser Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns, #487 of 701 in Michigan. 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 Fraser Township?
14% of Fraser Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.4 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1965.
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 Wikipedia, 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.
