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History · Mathias Township

18% of Mathias Township’s homes were built before 1940

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18%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Mathias Township’s past

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The story so far

Mathias Township, in brief

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Mathias Township is a civil township of Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 554 at the 2010 census. In 2020, its population was 532.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 554 to 532 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Mathias Township, 1889 to 1928

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Winters post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Trenary post office opens
  5. 1928Post officeThe Winters post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Mathias Township

Nobody well known was born in Mathias 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
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Winters, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Winters
1889–1928
Trenary
1903–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Trenary
Gone or out of use
Trenary StationlocaleWinters Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Mathias Township
Mathias Township Cemetery - Trenary

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Limestone Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAu Train Township3 historic placesB−Masonville Township1 historic placeB

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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 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.