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History · Vienna Township

Half of Vienna Township’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Vienna Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1954 on.

0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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What stands out about Vienna 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 writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Vienna Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Vienna Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 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.

Idlewild
1884–1887
Kissipee
1918–1928
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BigelowDonnellyVienna Corners
Gone or out of use
Idlewild Post Officepost officeKissipee Post Officepost officeKissipee Stationlocale
1cemetery inside Vienna Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Vienna Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Vienna Township.

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Vienna Township, first spelled "Vianna", was organized in 1893. Public schools were authorized in 1895. In 1899, the former Wheatland Township was attached to Vienna Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Vienna Township, 1884 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Idlewild post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Idlewild post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903In the archivePlat map of Vienna Township, Montmorency County, Michigan (1903), Page 1
  6. 1918Post officeThe Kissipee post office opens
  7. 1928Post officeThe Kissipee post office closes
  8. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Vienna Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s2 items
Plat map of Vienna Township, Montmorency County, Michigan (1903), Page 11903Plat map of Vienna Township, Montmorency County, Mich…MapPlat map of Vienna Township, Montmorency County, Michigan (1903), Page 21903Plat map of Vienna Township, Montmorency County, Mich…Map
1910s–1990snothing yet
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.
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Today3 recent
Vienna Township, Montmorency County, MI2025Vienna Township, Montmorency County, MIAngusdale Stock Farm (Michigan)2025Angusdale Stock Farm (Michigan)Angusdale Stock Farm (Michigan) historic marker2025Angusdale Stock Farm (Michigan) historic marker
On the map

Vienna Township on the map, 1954 to 1986

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

Vienna Township on the 1954 USGS mapVienna Township on the 1986 USGS map1954Hetherton 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 Vienna Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Briley TownshipIts storyC−Charlton Township1 historic placeC+Albert TownshipIts storyC−Montmorency TownshipIts storyC−

Questions about Vienna Township’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, 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.