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History · Mohawk

Mohawk’s post office opened in 1901, and 77% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1946 on.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
77%homes built before 1940
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How Mohawk began

When was Mohawk founded?

1901

The Mohawk post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 388125 years
Founding year: the first Mohawk post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mohawk’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 Mohawk are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Mohawk’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mohawk’s history is told.

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The story so far

Mohawk, in brief

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

Mohawk is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Mohawk had a population of 388. Located in Keweenaw County, it is within Allouez Township. As an unincorporated community, Mohawk has no legally defined boundaries but does have its own post office with the 49950 ZIP Code. The ZIP includes most of mainland Keweenaw County and also uses the Eagle Harbor and Eagle River designations. Mohawk is centered along U.S. Highway 41 just north of the village of Ahmeek in the Keweenaw Peninsula. It is the site of the Mohawk Mining Company, which conducted copper mining in the early 1900s. Mohawkite is a rare mineral that is beli…

Its first post office opened in 1901.

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

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 map

Mohawk on the map, 1946 to 1975

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

Mohawk on the 1946 USGS mapMohawk on the 1975 USGS map1946Mohawk 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 Mohawk.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

FultonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Mohawk’s history

What year was Mohawk founded?

The Mohawk post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.