More historic than 50% of U.S. towns · #361 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it
Most of Raisinville Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1912 on, and the census since 1850.
From Raisinville Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers
How Raisinville Township began
When was Raisinville Township founded?
1825
The Raisinville Township post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name. Eight smaller post offices, Raisinville (1825), Taylorsville (1833) and East Raisinville (1838), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 967 in 18502020 census: 5,903201 years
How historic is Raisinville Township?
B−
More historic than 50% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Raisinville Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Raisinville Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Raisinville Township is more historic than 50% of U.S. towns, #361 of 701 in Michigan. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Raisinville 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 Raisinville Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (32% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.6 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Raisinville Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Eight other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Raisinville
1825–1838
Taylorsville
1833–1838
East Raisinville
1838–1868
North Raisinville
1838–1879
Hamlin
1862–1876
Strasburg
1874–1922
Raisinville
1876–1906
Grape
1887–1906
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GrapeStrasburg
Gone or out of use
Grape Post Officepost officeNorth Raisinville Post Officepost officeRaisinville Post Officepost officeStrasburg Post Officepost officeStrasburg Stationlocale
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Raisinville Township
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Raisinville Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1912Dundee 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 Raisinville Township.
Raisinville Township was first organized in 1823 within Monroe County in the Michigan Territory. Riley Ingersoll, one of the area's first settlers, served as the first township supervisor. Several later townships within the county were organized from the township's original boundaries.
The Bridge School is recognized as the first public school district in the state of Michigan (then the Michigan Territory) when it opened in 1828. It operated until 1946 before being closed down and absorbed into Dundee Community Schools. The building was later donated to the township and began serving as the township hall in 1982. The Bridge School was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site on December 17, 1987.
The Raisinville Township post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Raisinville Township rank for history?
Raisinville Township is more historic than 50% of U.S. towns, #361 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.
How old are the homes in Raisinville Township?
10% of Raisinville Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.6 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1978.
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 Wikimedia Commons (7), 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.
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