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History · Munro Township

15% of Munro Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Munro 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 Munro Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Munro Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Munro Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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

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

Riggsville
1880–1924
Weadock
1895–1931
Bryants
1898–1903
Ingleside
1904–1941
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
InglesideRiggsvilleWeadock
Gone or out of use
Bryants Post Officepost officeIngleside Post Officepost officeRiggsville Post Officepost officeWeadock Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Munro Township
Munro

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

The story so far

Munro Township, in brief

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

Munro Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 592 as of the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 571 to 592 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Munro Township, 1880 to 1931

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Riggsville post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Weadock post office opens
  4. 1898Post officeThe Bryants post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903Post officeThe Bryants post office closes
  7. 1924Post officeThe Riggsville post office closes
  8. 1931Post officeThe Weadock post office closes
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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Famous people

Famous people close to Munro Township

Nobody well known was born in Munro Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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George Magoffin HumphreyAmerican politician · b. 1890
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Scott SiglerAmerican writer · b. 1969
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Carol SmallwoodAmerican poet and writer · b. 1939
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Frank FosterAmerican politician from Michigan · b. 1986
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Linda MenardAmerican politician · b. 1943
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Archibald RobertsUnited States Army officer · b. 1914
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Burt TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHebron TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcKinley TownshipIts storyC+Inverness TownshipIts storyC

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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.