The Lenox Township post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Lenox (1848), Lenox (1874) and Newhaven (1896), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 12,119178 years
How historic is Lenox Township?
C+
More historic than 44% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Lenox Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Lenox Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lenox Township is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns, #414 of 701 in Michigan. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lenox 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 Lenox Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (32% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Lenox 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
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
New Haven
1838–today
Lenox
1848–1867
Lenox
1874–1951
Newhaven
1896–1905
Omo
1897–1905
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
New HavenQuail Run Community Mobile Home ParkRiverbrook Mobile Home Park
Gone or out of use
Muttonville Gas FieldoilfieldOmo Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lenox Township
CentennialHaireLenox Centre Burial GroundsSaint Joseph's Seminary
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Lenox Township on the map, 1914 to 1991
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lenox Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1914Armada 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 Lenox Township.
The story so far
Lenox Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lenox Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Lenox Township is a civil township of Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,119, up from 10,470 in 2010.
Its first post office opened in 1848. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 10,470 to 12,119 (+16%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Lenox Township, 1838 to 1951
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Lenox Township post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Lenox Township rank for history?
Lenox Township is more historic than 44% of U.S. towns, #414 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.
How old are the homes in Lenox Township?
7% of Lenox Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.1 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1998.
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 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.
