1 of Jerome Township’s places is on the National Register
More historic than 47% of U.S. towns · #387 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it
Most of Jerome Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1934 on and the census since 1860.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Jerome Township is more historic than 47% of U.S. towns, #387 of 701 in Michigan. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Jerome Township’s overall grade.
Few Michigan towns list much on the Register (a typical Michigan town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Jerome Township’s 2.2 sits above most of its state (69% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.3 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Jerome Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Sanfordville, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Sanford
1871–today
Sanfordville
1871–1871
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Francis GroveSanfordStockholm Forest Village Mobile Home Park
Gone or out of use
Sanford Oil FieldoilfieldSanford Stationlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jerome Township
Jerome TownshipSullivan
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Jerome Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jerome Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Jerome Township is a civil township of Midland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,625 at the 2020 census. Jerome Township is the most populous township in Midland County. The village of Sanford is within the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 4,796 to 4,625 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Jerome Township, 1871 to 1934
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jerome Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1934Sanford 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 Jerome Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Jerome Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Jerome Township is more historic than 47% of U.S. towns, #387 of 701 in Michigan. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Jerome Township?
One place: the North Saginaw Road-Salt River Bridge (listed 1999).
How old are the homes in Jerome Township?
7% of Jerome Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.3 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1979.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
