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History · New Lothrop

New Lothrop’s post office opened in 1878, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 1880.

1878first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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How New Lothrop began

When was New Lothrop founded?

1878

The New Lothrop post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 92 in 18802020 census: 565148 years
Founding year: the first New Lothrop post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about New Lothrop’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 New Lothrop are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19195 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1975. Watch New Lothrop change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Lothrop’s history is told.

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On the map

New Lothrop on the map, 1919 to 1975

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

New Lothrop on the 1919 USGS mapNew Lothrop on the 1921 USGS mapNew Lothrop on the 1943 USGS mapNew Lothrop on the 1969 USGS mapNew Lothrop on the 1975 USGS map1919Burt 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 New Lothrop.

The story so far

New Lothrop, in brief

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

New Lothrop is a village in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 565 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Hazelton Township.

Its first post office opened in 1878. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 581 to 565 (-3%).

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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People over time

New Lothrop, census by census

010020030040050060070018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 646

Between 92 and 646 people in every census since 1880.

9 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to New Lothrop

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

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Alfred HersheyAmerican chemist · b. 1908
Thomas E. DeweyAmerican politician · b. 1902
James Oliver CurwoodAmerican writer and conservationist · b. 1878
Frederick Carl FriesekeAmerican Impressionist painter · b. 1874
John TomacAmerican racing cyclist · b. 1967
Patricia DonnellyMiss America in 1939 · b. 1919

Questions about New Lothrop’s history

What year was New Lothrop founded?

The New Lothrop post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.