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History · Hendricks Township

11% of Hendricks Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hendricks 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 Hendricks Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hendricks Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hendricks Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Epoufette
1879–1972
Caffey
1899–1916
Fiborn Quarry
1907–1936
Wilwin
1916–1923
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CaffeyCaffey CornerEpoufette
Gone or out of use
Caffey Post Officepost officeEpoufette Post Officepost officeFiborn Quarry Post Officepost officeWilwin Post Officepost officeWilwin Stationlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hendricks Township
CaffeyEpoufette

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

The story so far

Hendricks Township, in brief

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

Hendricks Township is a civil township of Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 117 at the 2020 census, down from 153 in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 153 to 117 (-24%).

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

Timeline

Hendricks Township, 1879 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Epoufette post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Caffey post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1907Post officeThe Fiborn Quarry post office opens
  6. 1916Post officeThe Caffey post office closes
  7. 1936Post officeThe Fiborn Quarry post office closes
  8. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1972Post officeThe Epoufette post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Hendricks Township on the map, 1964 to 1985

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

Hendricks Township on the 1964 USGS mapHendricks Township on the 1985 USGS map1964Rexton sheet · 1:24,000

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Moran Township4 historic placesBHudson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHulbert TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTrout Lake Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.