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History · Limestone Township

Limestone Township’s post office opened in 1892, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Mikulich General Store and the King Road-Whitefish River Bridge.

1892first post office
2on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Limestone Township began

When was Limestone Township founded?

1892

The Limestone Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Limestone (1892) and Kiva (1915), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 392134 years
Founding year: the first Limestone Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Limestone 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 Limestone Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Limestone Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Limestone Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Limestone
1892–1984
Kiva
1915–1967
Traunik
1927–today
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DiffinKivaLadogaLimestoneMantila CampTraunik
Gone or out of use
Kiva Post Officepost officeLimestone Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Limestone Township
Limestone Township

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Limestone Township, in brief

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

Limestone Township is a civil township of Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 392 in 2020.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 438 to 392 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Limestone Township, 1892 to 1984

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Limestone post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1915Post officeThe Kiva post office opens
  5. 1927Post officeThe Traunik post office opens
  6. 1967Post officeThe Kiva post office closes
  7. 1984Post officeThe Limestone post office closes
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 National Register

2 historic places in Limestone Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1993
Mikulich General Store
Mikulich General StoreKing Road-Whitefish River Bridge
BuildingsStructures

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular Commercial Block1
Concrete Through Girder Bridge1
Mikulich General StoreVernacular Commercial Block
King Road-Whitefish River BridgeConcrete Through Girder Bridge

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Limestone Township

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

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Steven J. RaicaCatholic bishop in the United States · b. 1952
Connie BinsfeldAmerican politician · b. 1924
Robert John CornellAmerican priest, professor, and politician · b. 1919
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Frank SmithCartoon animator and film director from the Uni… · b. 1911
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Glenn OsserAmerican musician · b. 1914
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Clyde WernerAmerican football player · b. 1947
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rock River TownshipIts storyB−Mathias TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMaple Ridge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTurin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAu Train Township3 historic placesB−Skandia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Limestone Township’s history

What year was Limestone Township founded?

The Limestone Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Limestone Township?

Two places: the Mikulich General Store (listed 1993) and the King Road-Whitefish River Bridge (1999).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.