The Markey Township post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Markey (1905), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 2,401121 years
How historic is Markey Township?
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More historic than 8% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Markey Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Markey Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Markey Township is more historic than 8% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Markey 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 Markey 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 still be D. The pre-1940 share (±1.6 points) is firm at this size. 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 Markey Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Markey Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Markey Township is a civil township of Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,401 at the 2020 census. The township was created from Gerrish Township on April 21, 1887.
Its first post office opened in 1905. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,360 in 2010, 2,401 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
The Markey Township post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Markey Township rank for history?
Markey Township is more historic than 8% of U.S. towns. 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 Markey Township?
2% of Markey Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1980.
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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.
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