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History · Sherman Township

46% of Sherman Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1938 on.

0on the National Register
46%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0

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 4 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Sherman Township’s homes were built before 1945.
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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.

Hebard
1903–1908
Gay
1904–1985
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GayHebardsSnowshoeTraverse
Gone or out of use
Gay Post Officepost officeGay StationlocaleHebard Post Officepost officeHebard Stationlocale

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 Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 91 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 67 to 91 (+36%).

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

Timeline

Sherman Township, 1903 to 1985

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Hebard post office opens
  3. 1904Post officeThe Gay post office opens
  4. 1908Post officeThe Hebard post office closes
  5. 1938On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1985Post officeThe Gay post office closes
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, 1938 to 1975

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 1938 USGS mapSherman Township on the 1946 USGS mapSherman Township on the 1975 USGS map1938Bruneau Creek 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 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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Eugene ParkerAmerican astronomer · b. 1927
Nancy Harkness LoveAmerican aviator · b. 1914
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Donald G. SaariAmerican mathematician, expert on voting method… · b. 1940
Manson BenedictAmerican nuclear engineer · b. 1907
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James Peter DavisCatholic archbishop · b. 1904
Philip RuppeAmerican politician · b. 1926
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Houghton Township11 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSchoolcraft Township4 historic placesAAllouez Township1 historic placeA−Grant Township6 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEagle Harbor Township11 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.