Mundy Township dates to 1833, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 56% of U.S. towns · #316 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it
Most of Mundy Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Its Register listing is the Jesse H. Buck Farm House. Its Register listing is the Jesse H. Buck Farm House. Below: maps from 1922 on and the census since 1960.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1881.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Mundy Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mundy Township is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns, #316 of 701 in Michigan. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Mundy 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 Mundy Township’s 0.7 sits near the middle of its state (65% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1833.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. The pre-1940 share (±1.4 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Mundy Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mundy Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1922Durand 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 Mundy Township.
Timeline
Mundy Township, 1833 to 1922
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In 1833, the first land purchases in Mundy survey township area were made on sections 11-14, with all 40 acres (160,000 m2) in the section purchased by 1837. The first settlement was in section 13 by Jason L. Austin, Daniel Williams and Eli Gilbert. Grand Blanc Township was formed on March 9, 1833 and included multiple township areas including the future Mundy Township.
In 1833, according to Wikidata. Mundy Township’s post office opened in 1881, and the census of 1960 counted 5,004 people here.
How does Mundy Township rank for history?
Mundy Township is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns, #316 of 701 in Michigan. 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.
What is on the National Register in Mundy Township?
One place: the Jesse H. Buck Farm House (listed 1982).
How old are the homes in Mundy Township?
4% of Mundy Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.4 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1979.
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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.
