Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 26% of U.S. towns · #599 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it
Most of Roosevelt Park was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1964. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1950.
More historic than 26% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Roosevelt Park is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #599 of 701 in Michigan. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Roosevelt Park’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.
Founding year: our sources. 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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Roosevelt Park’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Roosevelt Park yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Roosevelt Park is a city in Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,172 at the 2020 census, up from 3,831 in 2010.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,831 to 4,172 (+9%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Roosevelt Park. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Roosevelt Park.
Between 1,254 and 4,176 people in every census since 1950.
8 censuses, 1950–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Roosevelt Park’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Roosevelt Park itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Roosevelt Park is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #599 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.
8% of Roosevelt Park’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.8 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1964.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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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