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Honor’s post office opened in 1895, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1920.

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How Honor began

When was Honor founded?

1895

The Honor post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 239 in 19202020 census: 337131 years
Founding year: the first Honor post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Honor’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 Honor 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 Honor’s history is told.

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The story so far

Honor, in brief

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

Honor is a village in Benzie County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 337 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Homestead Township on U.S. Highway 31 along the Platte River. The community has the name of Honor Griffin, the daughter of a first settler.

Its first post office opened in 1895. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 328 to 337 (+3%).

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

By decade

Honor, decade by decade

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On the map

Honor on the map, 1956 to 1983

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

Honor on the 1956 USGS mapHonor on the 1983 USGS map1956Frankfort 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 Honor.

People over time

Honor, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020Peak: 337

Between 239 and 337 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Honor’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Honor’s history

What year was Honor founded?

The Honor post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.