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History · Ogden Township

Ogden Township’s post office opened in 1874, and 64% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1939 on.

1874first post office
0on the National Register
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Quick answers

How Ogden Township began

When was Ogden Township founded?

1874

The Ogden Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Seven smaller post offices, West Ogden (1843), Ogden Centre (1869) and Ogden (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 913152 years
Founding year: the first Ogden Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ogden Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages7 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ogden Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ogden Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ogden Township’s homes were built before 1938.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

West Ogden
1843–1878
Ogden Centre
1869–1893
Ogden
1874–1932
South Fairfield
1874–1903
Victorsville
1890–1901
Ogden Center
1893–1907
Mulberry
1897–1904
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
MulberryOgdenOgden CenterSouth Fairfield
Gone or out of use
Mulberry Post Officepost officeOgden Center Post Officepost officeOgden Post Officepost officeOgden StationlocaleSouth Fairfield Post Officepost officeVictorsville Post Officepost officeWest Ogden Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ogden Township
Luke FarmPeeblesZion United Brethren

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

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Start Ogden Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ogden Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Ogden Township, in brief

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

Ogden Township is a civil township of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 913 as of the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1874. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 973 to 913 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Ogden Township, 1843 to 1939

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1843Post officeThe West Ogden post office opens
  3. 1869Post officeThe Ogden Centre post office opens
  4. 1874Post officeThe Ogden post office opens
  5. 1878Post officeThe West Ogden post office closes
  6. 1893Post officeThe Ogden Centre post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1932Post officeThe Ogden post office closes
  9. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Ogden Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Ogden Township Hall, MI2020Ogden Township Hall, MIOgden-Zion Cemetery Ogden Township Michigan2012Ogden-Zion Cemetery Ogden Township MichiganMemorial to War Deat Ogden-Zion Cemetery Blissfield Michigan2012Memorial to War Deat Ogden-Zion Cemetery Blissfield M…Memorial to Civil War Dead Ogden-Zion Cemetery Blissfield Michigan2012Memorial to Civil War Dead Ogden-Zion Cemetery Blissf…
On the map

Ogden Township on the map, 1939 to 1972

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

Ogden Township on the 1939 USGS mapOgden Township on the 1941 USGS mapOgden Township on the 1972 USGS map1939Blissfield 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 Ogden Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ogden Township

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

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Christine GregoireAmerican politician · b. 1947
Norman Bel GeddesAmerican theatrical and industrial designer · b. 1893
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William James BealAmerican botanist · b. 1833
Kirk BailyAmerican actor · b. 1963
Robert B. HowellAmerican politician · b. 1864
Harlan BriggsAmerican actor · b. 1879
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Palmyra TownshipIts storyB+Riga TownshipIts storyBFairfield Township1 historic placeABlissfield Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Ogden Township’s history

What year was Ogden Township founded?

The Ogden Township post office opened in 1874, 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.