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History · Twining

Twining’s post office opened in 1897, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1968 on and the census since 1910.

1897first post office
0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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How Twining began

When was Twining founded?

1897

The Twining post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 267 in 19102020 census: 130129 years
Founding year: the first Twining post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Twining’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 Twining are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Twining’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Twining’s history is told.

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The story so far

Twining, in brief

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

Twining is a village in Arenac County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 130 at the 2020 census. The village is situated on the boundary between Mason Township on the west and Turner Township on the east, with about half of the village in each.

Its first post office opened in 1897. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 181 to 130 (-28%).

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

By decade

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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

Twining on the map, 1968 to 1984

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

Twining on the 1968 USGS mapTwining on the 1984 USGS map1968Omer 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 Twining.

People over time

Twining, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 267

Between 130 and 267 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Twining

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

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Janae KrocAmerican powerlifter and bodybuilder · b. 1972
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Harry MatuzakAmerican baseball player · b. 1910

Questions about Twining’s history

What year was Twining founded?

The Twining post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.