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History · Wawatam Township

14% of Wawatam Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them the Fort Michilimackinac, a National Historic Landmark. Below: maps from 1958 on.

1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wawatam 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 Wawatam Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A National Historic Landmark1 place on the National Register, including Fort Michilimackinac, a National Historic Landmark.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wawatam Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Wawatam Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.

place listed
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National Historic Landmark
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Fort Michilimackinac
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1966
Fort Michilimackinac
Fort Michilimackinac★
Sites★ landmark
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Fort MichilimackinacSite

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Wawatam Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 661 to 711 (+8%).

Timeline

Wawatam Township, 1901 to 1960

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Cecil post office opens
  3. 1918Post officeThe Cecil post office closes
  4. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1960LandmarkFort Michilimackinac named a National Historic Landmark
By decade

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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On the map

Wawatam Township on the map, 1958 to 1982

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

Wawatam Township on the 1958 USGS mapWawatam Township on the 1982 USGS map1958Pellston 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 Wawatam Township.

Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Cecil, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Cecil
Gone or out of use
Cecil Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wawatam Township
LakeviewMackinaw City Bible Church

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Carp Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMackinaw Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMackinaw City3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wawatam Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Wawatam Township?

One place: the Fort Michilimackinac (listed 1966).

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 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.