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History · Hatton Township

Hatton Township’s post office opened in 1882

Most of Hatton Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1959 on.

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How Hatton Township began

When was Hatton Township founded?

1882

The Hatton Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Hatton (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 893144 years
Founding year: the first Hatton Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hatton 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 Hatton 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 Hatton Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Hatton Township, in brief

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

Hatton Township is a civil township of Clare County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 893 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 933 to 893 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Hatton Township, 1882 to 1959

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Hatton post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1911Post officeThe Hatton post office closes
  5. 1959On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Hatton Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Hatton Township on the map, 1959 to 1983

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

Hatton Township on the 1959 USGS mapHatton Township on the 1983 USGS map1959Clare 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 Hatton Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hatton Township

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

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NFAmerican rapper from Michigan · b. 1991
Debbie StabenowAmerican politician · b. 1950
Wayne TerwilligerAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1925
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Virginia Harriett KlineStratigrapher and geologist · b. 1910
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Glenn Douglas PackardMultimedia artist · b. 1969
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Jason WentworthAmerican politician · b. 1982
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Hatton, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Hatton
Gone or out of use
Hatton Post Officepost officeHatton StationlocaleMannsiding Pitmine
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hatton Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Hayes TownshipIts storyDGrant TownshipIts storyC−Arthur TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln TownshipIts storyD

Questions about Hatton Township’s history

What year was Hatton Township founded?

The Hatton Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.