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History · Seney Township

Seney Township’s post office opened in 1882, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1931 on.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Seney Township began

When was Seney Township founded?

1882

The Seney Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Eklund (1927) and Walsh (1927), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 115144 years
Founding year: the first Seney Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Seney 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 Seney Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Seney Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Seney Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Seney
1882–today
Eklund
1927–1927
Walsh
1927–1933
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lavender CornerSeneyWalsh
Gone or out of use
Walsh Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Seney Township
Boot Hill

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

The story so far

Seney Township, in brief

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

Seney ( SEE-nee) is an unincorporated community in Schoolcraft County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. State trunkline highway M-28 runs directly through Seney. The historic community of Seney began as a railroad stop in 1881. Soon after, logging companies moved into the area to lumber the white pine forests in the surrounding region. Seney quickly grew to over 3,000 people. During this time, the town gained a reputation for being rowdy and dangerous due to its booming economy and numerous saloons. By the end of the nineteenth century, pine forests in the surrounding region were depleted, due to the logging and numerous fires, and the lumber companies left, shrinking the...

Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 119 to 115 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Seney Township, 1882 to 1933

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Seney post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1927Post officeThe Eklund post office opens
  5. 1927Post officeThe Eklund post office closes
  6. 1927Post officeThe Walsh post office opens
  7. 1931On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1933Post officeThe Walsh post office closes
By decade

Seney Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Seney, MI2026Seney, MISeney Township Recreational Park 20222022Seney Township Recreational Park 2022Seney Township Recreational Park2021Seney Township Recreational ParkUntitled photo2008Untitled photo
On the map

Seney Township on the map, 1931 to 1972

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

Seney Township on the 1931 USGS mapSeney Township on the 1972 USGS map1931Driggs Lake NE sheet · 1:31,680

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Seney Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Seney Township

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

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Len St. JeanPlayer of American football · b. 1941
F. Robert EdwardsAmerican politician · b. 1940
Martin R. BradleyAmerican politician · b. 1888
R
Rob RubickPlayer of American football · b. 1960
J
John MillerAmerican author (20th century)
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Burt Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDoyle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHiawatha TownshipIts storyCGermfask Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townManistique TownshipIts storyC−Columbus TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Seney Township’s history

What year was Seney Township founded?

The Seney Township post office opened in 1882, 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.