Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1852.
History grade
What drives Weesaw Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Weesaw Township is more historic than 84% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
A−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Weesaw 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 Weesaw Township’s 5.2 sits above most of its state (76% 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 still be A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.5 points). Two sources give 1837.
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 Weesaw 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 Weesaw Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Weesaw Township is a civil township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,832 at the 2020 census. The township was organized in 1837, and was named after Weesaw, a local Potawatomi chief.
Weesaw Township was established in 1837. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,936 to 1,832 (-5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Weesaw Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1930Three Oaks 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 Weesaw Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Weesaw Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
In 1837, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Weesaw Township’s post office opened in 1852.
How does Weesaw Township rank for history?
Weesaw Township is more historic than 84% of U.S. towns. 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 Weesaw Township?
One place: the Avery Road-Galien River Bridge (listed 1999).
How old are the homes in Weesaw Township?
24% of Weesaw Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.5 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1962.
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 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.
