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History · Lamont

Lamont’s post office opened in 1856, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1945 on.

1856first post office
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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How Lamont began

When was Lamont founded?

1856

The Lamont post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,094170 years
Founding year: the first Lamont post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Lamont, in brief

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

Tallmadge Charter Township is a charter township of Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,802 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1856.

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

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

Lamont on the map, 1945 to 1980

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

Lamont on the 1945 USGS mapLamont on the 1980 USGS map1945Ravenna 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 Lamont.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Allendale TownshipIts storyC+Tallmadge TownshipIts storyC+Polkton TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Lamont’s history

What year was Lamont founded?

The Lamont post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.