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History · Haynes Township

12% of Haynes Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Sturgeon Point Light Station.

1on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Haynes 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 Haynes Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Haynes Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Haynes Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Alcona
1867–1903
Lodge
1895–1903
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Alcona
Gone or out of use
Alcona Post Officepost officeLodge Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Haynes Township
Alcona

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

The story so far

Haynes Township, in brief

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

Haynes Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 653 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 722 to 653 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Haynes Township, 1867 to 1903

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Alcona post office opens
  3. 1869BuiltSturgeon Point Light Station is built
  4. 1895Post officeThe Lodge post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903Post officeThe Alcona post office closes
  7. 1903Post officeThe Lodge post office closes
By decade

Haynes Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Haynes Township, MI location22019Haynes Township, MI location2Haynes Township, MI location2018Haynes Township, MI locationBailey School (Alcona County, MI)2018Bailey School (Alcona County, MI)
On the National Register

1 historic place in Haynes Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1984
Sturgeon Point Light Station
Sturgeon Point Light Station, built 1869
Buildings
Sturgeon Point Light StationBuilt 1869

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Haynes Township

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

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Michael Bailey SmithAmerican actor · b. 1957
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Stanley GrenzAmerican theologian · b. 1950
J. Scott CampbellAmerican comic book artist · b. 1973
Donald B. DuncanUnited States admiral · b. 1896
William ComstockAmerican politician · b. 1877
Frank D. ScottAmerican politician · b. 1878
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Harrisville TownshipIts storyC−Alcona TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHawes TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Haynes Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Haynes Township?

One place: the Sturgeon Point Light Station (listed 1984).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (3), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.