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History · Mitchell Township

Half of Mitchell Township’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Mitchell Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1972 on and the census since 1960.

0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Mitchell 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 Mitchell Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Mitchell Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mitchell Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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

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

Curran
1890–today
Hardy
1909–1929
Ponca
1915–1920
McGinn
1923–1939
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Curran
Gone or out of use
Circle T Ranch AirportairportCurran Lookout TowertowerHardy Post Officepost officeMcGinn Post Officepost officePonca Post Officepost officeRocky R Ranch Landing Stripairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mitchell Township
CurranFlynn Valley

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

The story so far

Mitchell Township, in brief

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

Mitchell Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 354 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 352 in 2010, 354 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Mitchell Township, 1890 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Curran post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909Post officeThe Hardy post office opens
  5. 1915Post officeThe Ponca post office opens
  6. 1920Post officeThe Ponca post office closes
  7. 1929Post officeThe Hardy post office closes
  8. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Mitchell Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Mitchell Township Hall, MI2020Mitchell Township Hall, MIMitchell Township, MI location22019Mitchell Township, MI location2Mitchell Township, MI location2018Mitchell Township, MI location
On the map

Mitchell Township on the map, 1972 to 1983

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

Mitchell Township on the 1972 USGS mapMitchell Township on the 1983 USGS map1972Curran sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mitchell Township.

People over time

Mitchell Township, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 396

Between 197 and 396 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Mitchell Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Caledonia TownshipIts storyCMillen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOssineke TownshipIts storyC+Hawes TownshipIts storyCMentor TownshipIts storyDCurtis TownshipIts storyC−Clinton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townComins TownshipIts storyC−Alcona TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.