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History · Gore Township

20% of Gore Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1970 on.

1on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Gore 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Gore Township, in brief

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

Gore Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 152 at the 2020 census. Gore is a small, wedge-shaped township, consisting of only four full sections and six partial sections on the shore of Lake Huron just north of the village of Port Hope. Gore Township was established in 1862.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 144 to 152 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Gore Township, 1848 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1848BuiltPointe Aux Barques Lighthouse is built
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904In the archiveMap of Gore Township, Michigan (1904)
  5. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Gore Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
Map of Gore Township, Michigan (1904)1904Map of Gore Township, Michigan (1904)Map
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
Gore Township, MI location2019Gore Township, MI location
On the map

Gore Township on the map, 1970 to 1984

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

Gore Township on the 1970 USGS mapGore Township on the 1984 USGS map1970Port Hope 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 Gore Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Gore Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse
Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse, built 1848
Structures
Pointe Aux Barques LighthouseBuilt 1848

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rubicon Township13 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPort Hope13 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuron TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Gore Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Gore Township?

One place: the Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse (listed 1973).

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Sources

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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.