The Hulbert Township post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Hulburt (1892), Hulbert (1906) and Taquaminon (1919), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 171120 years
Founding year: the first Hulbert Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Hulbert Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
This remote area of Chippewa County was first explored by pioneer Francis Hulbert in the winter of 1872–1873. He surveyed the area and believed its dense forest area would be very valuable for future lumbering. He also discovered an isolated frozen lake that he named Be-ne-gah-mah (now known as Hulbert Lake). In the harsh winter, he never settled in the area but instead quickly traveled to Marquette in order to claim ownership and acquire a deed for the land. Francis became the area's most prominent landowner, although he never lived in or developed the area. Instead, his son Richard Hulbert began settling the area. The area adopted their name, and the township was formally organized as Hulbert Township in 1888.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hulbert Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1951Hulbert 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 Hulbert Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Hulbert Township
Nobody well known was born in Hulbert Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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 Wikipedia, 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.
