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History · Henderson Township

24% of Henderson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1933 on.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Henderson Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Henderson 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Henderson Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Henderson Township, in brief

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

Henderson Township is a civil township of Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 183 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 163 to 183 (+12%).

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

Timeline

Henderson Township, 1899 to 1933

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Angola post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909Post officeThe Angola post office closes
  5. 1933On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Henderson Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Henderson Township on the map, 1933 to 1987

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

Henderson Township on the 1933 USGS mapHenderson Township on the 1957 USGS mapHenderson Township on the 1987 USGS map1933Luther NW sheet · 1:31,680

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Henderson Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Famous people

Famous people close to Henderson Township

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

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Jan Harold BrunvandAmerican folklorist · b. 1933
Adolph WolgastAmerican boxer · b. 1888
Guy Vander JagtAmerican politician · b. 1931
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Luke Winslow-KingAmerican singer-songwriter, guitarist and bandl… · b. 1983
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Claude A. WatsonAmerican politician · b. 1885
George C. ThomsonAmerican football player · b. 1888
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Gone or out of use
Angola Post Officepost office

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.

South Branch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBoon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCherry Grove TownshipIts storyCDover TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Henderson Township’s history

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 (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.