Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Gustin Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 1960.
The Gustin Township post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Killmaster (1885), West Harrisville (1887) and Gustin (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gustin Township’s history is told.
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Gustin Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Gustin Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 773 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1891. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 795 to 773 (-3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Gustin Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Gustin Township.
Between 613 and 832 people in every census since 1960.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Gustin Township’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Gustin Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Gustin Township post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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