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History · Nester Township

1 of Nester Township’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Eggleston School. Most of Nester Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1952 on.

1on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Nester 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 Nester Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Nester Township.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Achill
1878–1884
Nolan
1891–1909
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Achill Post Officepost officeNolan Post Officepost officeNolan Stationlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Nester Township
Nester TownshipNolan

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

The story so far

Nester Township, in brief

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

Nester Township is a civil township of Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 262 at the 2020 census. Nester was named after Thomas Nester, a businessperson in the local logging industry. The township contains the Eggleston School, the only property in the county listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 295 to 262 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Nester Township, 1878 to 1952

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Achill post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Achill post office closes
  4. 1891Post officeThe Nolan post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1909Post officeThe Nolan post office closes
  7. 1934BuiltEggleston School is built
  8. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Nester Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Nester Township, MI location2019Nester Township, MI locationNester Township Hall (Michigan)2019Nester Township Hall (Michigan)Eggleston School (Michigan)2013Eggleston School (Michigan)NesterTownshipRoscommonMI2009NesterTownshipRoscommonMI
On the map

Nester Township on the map, 1952 to 1983

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

Nester Township on the 1952 USGS mapNester Township on the 1969 USGS mapNester Township on the 1983 USGS map1952Detroit Wayne Airport 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 Nester Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Nester Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1996
Eggleston School
Eggleston School, built 1934
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Fieldstone School1
Eggleston SchoolFieldstone School · Built 1934

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Nester Township

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

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Alex RoseSamoan athletics competitor · b. 1991
Joy WilliamsAmerican singer · b. 1982
Anthony ZettelAmerican football player · b. 1992
Daniel WayAmerican comic book writer · b. 1974
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Joel SheltrownAmerican politician · b. 1947
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Dave WalterAmerican football quarterback · b. 1964
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Roscommon TownshipIts storyDBackus TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEdwards TownshipIts storyCRichfield TownshipIts storyDSherman TownshipIts storyC−Franklin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Nester Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Nester Township?

One place: the Eggleston School (listed 1996).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.