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History · Trowbridge Park

Half of Trowbridge Park’s homes were built after 1989

Most of Trowbridge Park was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1980.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Trowbridge Park’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 Trowbridge Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1975. Watch Trowbridge Park change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Trowbridge Park’s history is told.

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On the map

Trowbridge Park on the map, 1907 to 1975

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

Trowbridge Park on the 1907 USGS mapTrowbridge Park on the 1954 USGS mapTrowbridge Park on the 1975 USGS map1907Marquette sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Trowbridge Park, in brief

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

Trowbridge Park is an unincorporated community in Marquette Township, Marquette County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes and has no legal status as an incorporated municipality. The CDP had a population of 2,287 at the 2020 census. The community is located within Marquette Township and borders the city of Marquette on the east and north.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,176 to 2,287 (+5%).

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

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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People over time

Trowbridge Park, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,500198020002020Peak: 2,287

Between 1,831 and 2,287 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Trowbridge Park’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Trowbridge Park

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

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Glenn Theodore SeaborgAmerican chemist · b. 1912
Kelly JohnsonAmerican aerospace engineer · b. 1910
Sallie W. ChisholmAmerican oceanographer, marine biologist · b. 1947
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John LautnerAmerican architect · b. 1911
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Weldon OlsonAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1932
Alfred V. KidderAmerican archaeologist · b. 1885
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Marquette13 historic placesAMarquette Township1 historic placeB

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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 and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.