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History · Lovells Township

Lovells Township’s post office opened in 1909, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Lovells Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Its Register listing is the Douglas House. Below: maps from 1949 on.

1909first post office
1on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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How Lovells Township began

When was Lovells Township founded?

1909

The Lovells Township post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Judge (1892) and Lovells (1909), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 567117 years
Founding year: the first Lovells Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lovells 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 Lovells Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lovells Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lovells Township’s history is told.

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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.

Judge
1892–1909
Lovells
1909–1936
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lovells
Gone or out of use
Lovells Post Officepost officeLovells Stationlocale
1cemetery inside Lovells Township
Lovells

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

The story so far

Lovells Township, in brief

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

Lovells Township is a civil township of Crawford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 567 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1909. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 626 to 567 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Lovells Township, 1892 to 1949

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Judge post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909Post officeThe Judge post office closes
  5. 1909Post officeThe Lovells post office opens
  6. 1936Post officeThe Lovells post office closes
  7. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Lovells Township on the map, 1949 to 1950

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

Lovells Township on the 1949 USGS mapLovells Township on the 1950 USGS map1949Lewiston 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 Lovells Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Lovells Township

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
2001
Douglas House
Douglas House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular, Early 20th-Century Hotel1
Douglas HouseVernacular, Early 20th-Century Hotel

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Grayling Township1 historic placeC+Maple Forest TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreenwood TownshipIts storyDCharlton Township1 historic placeC+South Branch TownshipIts storyC−Chester TownshipIts storyD

Questions about Lovells Township’s history

What year was Lovells Township founded?

The Lovells Township post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Lovells Township?

One place: the Douglas House (listed 2001).

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 (1), 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.