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History · Grant Township

Half of Grant Township’s homes were built after 1987

Most of Grant Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1958 on.

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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 writtenNo old photos of Grant Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grant Township’s history is told.

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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 Mason County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 925. The township was named in 1867 for General Ulysses S. Grant, who soon afterward became the 18th president of the United States.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 909 in 2010, 925 in 2020.

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

By decade

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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

Grant Township on the map, 1958 to 1982

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 1958 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1982 USGS map1958Manistee 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 Grant Township.

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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Murphy JensenUS tennis player · b. 1968
Fred Warren GreenAmerican politician, Governor of Michigan · b. 1871
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Matt HughesAmerican rower · b. 1981
William A. EkwallAmerican politician · b. 1887
William R. CharetteUnited States Navy Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1932
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Davey ClaireBaseball player · b. 1897
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Driftwood Village Mobile Home Park
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grant Township
Grant TownshipLong Lake

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.

Free Soil TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHamlin Township2 historic placesBFiler TownshipIts storyC−Victory 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 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.