Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1900.
The Tustin post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tustin’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tustin yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Tustin is a village in Osceola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 270 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Burdell Township.
Its first post office opened in 1872. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 230 to 270 (+17%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Peaked at 371 in 1910; 270 people lived here in 2020.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Tustin’s Wikipedia page.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereGeorge C. Thomson is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Tustin. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Tustin.
The Tustin post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
