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History · Sherman Township

15% of Sherman Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sherman 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 Sherman Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sherman Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sherman Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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 and places now gone

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

McIvor
1882–1955
Turtle
1901–1908
National City
1927–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
McIvorNational CityTurtle
Gone or out of use
McIvor Post Officepost officeMcIvor StationlocaleTurtle Post Officepost office

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

The story so far

Sherman Township, in brief

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

Sherman Township is a civil township of Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 448 at the 2010 census and slightly decreased to 431 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 448 to 431 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Sherman Township, 1882 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe McIvor post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Turtle post office opens
  5. 1908Post officeThe Turtle post office closes
  6. 1927Post officeThe National City post office opens
  7. 1955Post officeThe McIvor post office closes
  8. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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On the map

Sherman Township on the map, 1966 to 1984

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

Sherman Township on the 1966 USGS mapSherman Township on the 1984 USGS map1966National City sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Sherman Township

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

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Lynn N. RiversAmerican politician · b. 1956
J. Scott CampbellAmerican comic book artist · b. 1973
Jeff JanisAmerican football player · b. 1991
George PrescottAmerican politician · b. 1913
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Harry MatuzakAmerican baseball player · b. 1910
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Leland JacobsAmerican teacher · b. 1907
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Burleigh TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storyC−Alabaster Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTurner TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTawas TownshipIts storyC−

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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, 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.