Tyrone Township’s post office opened in 1839, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 60% of U.S. towns · #279 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it
Most of Tyrone Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Its Register listing is the Lansing Artillery Michigan National Guard Armory. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1968 on.
From Tyrone Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers
How Tyrone Township began
When was Tyrone Township founded?
1839
The Tyrone Township post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Tyrone (1839), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 11,986187 years
How historic is Tyrone Township?
B
More historic than 60% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Tyrone Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Tyrone Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tyrone Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns, #279 of 701 in Michigan. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tyrone Township’s overall grade.
Few Michigan towns list much on the Register (a typical Michigan town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Tyrone Township’s 0.8 sits above most of its state (65% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. The pre-1940 share (±1.8 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Tyrone Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tyrone Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Tyrone Township is a civil township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 11,986 at the 2020 census, up from 10,020 at the 2010 census. The township was named after County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.
Its first post office opened in 1839. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 10,020 to 11,986 (+20%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
Tyrone Township, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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 Tyrone Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1968West Highland 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 Tyrone Township.
Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewTyrone Township (Livingston), MI location
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Tyrone Township’s page.
The Tyrone Township post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Tyrone Township rank for history?
Tyrone Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns, #279 of 701 in Michigan. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Tyrone Township?
One place: the Lansing Artillery Michigan National Guard Armory (listed 2010).
How old are the homes in Tyrone Township?
6% of Tyrone Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.8 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1987.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
Date?
2023
2023
2023
