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History · Grant Township

17% of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1963 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Grant 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.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Grant Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grant Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewPlat book of Huron County, Michigan - a…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Can
1870–1879
Canboro
1879–1905
Rescue
1888–1905
Wolfton
1891–1904
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Canboro Post Officepost officeRescue Post Officepost officeWolfton Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Grant Township
Grant

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

The story so far

Grant Township, in brief

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

Grant Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 869.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 913 to 869 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Grant Township, 1870 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Can post office opens
  3. 1879Post officeThe Can post office closes
  4. 1879Post officeThe Canboro post office opens
  5. 1888Post officeThe Rescue post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1904In the archivePlat book of Huron County, Michigan - also patron's business and general farmer's directo…
  8. 1905Post officeThe Canboro post office closes
  9. 1905Post officeThe Rescue post office closes
  10. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Grant Township, decade by decade

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

1900s1 item
Plat book of Huron County, Michigan - also patron's business and general farmer's directory of Huron Co., Mich. - with …1904Plat book of Huron County, Michigan - also patron's b…
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
Grant Township (Huron), MI location2019Grant Township (Huron), MI location
On the map

Grant Township on the map, 1963 to 1984

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

Grant Township on the 1963 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1984 USGS map1963Gagetown 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 Grant Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Plat book of Huron County, Michigan - also patron's business and general farmer's directory of Huron Co., Mich. - with …
Retake this viewPlat book of Huron County, Michigan - also patron's business and general farmer's directory of Huron Co., Mich. - with …, 1904

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Famous people

Famous people close to Grant Township

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

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Brewster H. ShawAmerican astronaut · b. 1945
James BrookerAmerican pole vaulter · b. 1902
Helen Thompson GaigeAmerican herpetologist · b. 1890
Larry MacPhailAmerican lawyer · b. 1890
David C. ClarkAmerican politician · b. 1926
Heidi AndrolAmerican television host, reporter and producer · b. 1980
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Brookfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElkland Township1 historic placeB+Sheridan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOliver TownshipIts storyB

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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 (2), 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.