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History · Vevay Township

Vevay Township dates to 1836, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 51% of U.S. towns · #352 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it

Below: maps from 1909 on.

1836founded
0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Vevay Township began

When was Vevay Township founded?

1836

Vevay Township dates its founding to 1836 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1842.

2020 census: 3,606190 years

How historic is Vevay Township?

B−

More historic than 51% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1842.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Vevay Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Vevay Township is more historic than 51% of U.S. towns, #352 of 701 in Michigan. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Vevay Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1836, from Wikipedia: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194010.2% of homes (±5.9) · typical MI town 11.9% · U.S. 8.4%B−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical MI town 0.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 51%
NewerOlder
Michigan towns of 2,500+ (701)Ahead of 50%

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 Vevay Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (32% of Michigan towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% 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 is a Census survey estimate (±5.9 points). Two sources give 1836.

Founding year: Wikipedia (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 Vevay Township’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 Vevay Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Vevay Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19093 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1970. Watch Vevay Township change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1836: 190 years of Vevay Township.
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Start Vevay Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Vevay Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Vevay
1842–1842
Eden
1843–1971
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EdenMason Manor Mobile Home Community
Gone or out of use
Eden Post Officepost office
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Vevay Township
EdenHawleyRolfe

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Vevay Township on the map, 1909 to 1970

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

Vevay Township on the 1909 USGS mapVevay Township on the 1911 USGS mapVevay Township on the 1970 USGS map1909Mason 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 Vevay Township.

The story

How Vevay Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Vevay Township.

Read it all →

The area was first surveyed as early as 1824, and the current eastern boundary of the township is along the Michigan meridian. The township was first settled in 1836 by the Rolfe family. The Michigan legislature approved the creation of Vevay Township from a portion of Aurelius Township on March 6, 1838. The township received its name from Vevay, Indiana. The village of Mason was part of Vevay Township until it incorporated as a city in 1875. Since then, the city has annexed portions of Vevay Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Vevay Township, 1836 to 1971

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1836
    FoundingVevay Township is established
  3. 1842Post officeThe Vevay post office opens
  4. 1842Post officeThe Vevay post office closes
  5. 1843Post officeThe Eden post office opens
  6. 1874Born hereVernon J. Brown is born here
  7. 20th century
  8. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1971Post officeThe Eden post office closes
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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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Mason9 historic placesALeslie TownshipIts storyBAlaiedon Township1 historic placeA−Aurelius TownshipIts storyB+Ingham TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Vevay Township’s history

What year was Vevay Township founded?

In 1836, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Vevay Township’s post office opened in 1842.

How does Vevay Township rank for history?

Vevay Township is more historic than 51% of U.S. towns, #352 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.

How old are the homes in Vevay Township?

10% of Vevay Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.9 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1979.

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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).

From Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.