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History · Slagle Township

10% of Slagle Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper.

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Slagle Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Slagle Township, in brief

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

Slagle Township is a civil township of Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 509 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 503 in 2010, 509 in 2020.

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

By decade

Slagle Township, decade by decade

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Then & now

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Famous people

Famous people close to Slagle Township

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

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Jan Harold BrunvandAmerican folklorist · b. 1933
Adolph WolgastAmerican boxer · b. 1888
Guy Vander JagtAmerican politician · b. 1931
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Luke Winslow-KingAmerican singer-songwriter, guitarist and bandl… · b. 1983
Dora Hall StockmanAmerican writer and lecturer · b. 1872
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Boon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpringville TownshipIts storyCSouth Branch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDickson TownshipIts storynot 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 Wikimedia Commons (4) 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.