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History · Lake Township

Half of Lake Township’s homes were built after 1972

Most of Lake Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lake 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 Lake Township 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 Lake Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Lake Township, in brief

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

Lake Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 657 at the 2020 census. Albert E. Sleeper State Park and Rush Lake State Game Area are both within the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 855 to 657 (-23%).

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Lake Township

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

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Napoleon ChagnonAmerican anthropologist · b. 1938
Helen Thompson GaigeAmerican herpetologist · b. 1890
David C. ClarkAmerican politician · b. 1926
Howard NugentAmerican politician · b. 1879
Alvin J. DeGrowAmerican politician · b. 1926
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Fred L. WoodworthAmerican politician · b. 1877
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Gone or out of use
Gotts 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.

Caseville TownshipIts storyC+Hume TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChandler TownshipIts storynot 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 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.