The Hartland Township post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Parshallville (1857) and Hallers (1899), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 15,256189 years
How historic is Hartland Township?
C+
More historic than 39% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Hartland Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Hartland Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hartland Township is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns, #483 of 701 in Michigan. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Hartland 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 Hartland 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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. The pre-1940 share (±1.2 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Hartland 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
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hartland
1837–today
Parshallville
1857–1905
Hallers
1899–1902
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Hallers CornersHartlandHartland Meadows Mobile Home ParkParshallville
Gone or out of use
Hallers Post Officepost officeHynes FieldairportParshallville Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hartland Township
CatholicHartland VillageHodgeParshallvilleSmith
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Hartland Township on the map, 1909 to 1973
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hartland Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1909Milford 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 Hartland Township.
The story so far
Hartland Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hartland Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Hartland is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the main community in Hartland Township, in Livingston County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hartland had a population of 777. US Highway 23 forms the western edge of the community; the highway leads north 27 miles (43 km) to Flint and south the same distance to Ann Arbor. Hartland was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1837. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 14,663 to 15,256 (+4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Hartland Township, 1837 to 1909
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Hartland Township post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Hartland Township rank for history?
Hartland Township is more historic than 39% of U.S. towns, #483 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 Hartland Township?
4% of Hartland Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.2 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1993.
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 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.
