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History · Wilber Township

Wilber Township’s post office opened in 1890

Most of Wilber Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978.

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How Wilber Township began

When was Wilber Township founded?

1890

The Wilber Township post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Wilber (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 720136 years
Founding year: the first Wilber Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wilber Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Wilber Township, in brief

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

Wilber Township is a civil township of Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 720 at the 2020 census. A portion of the census-designated place of Sand Lake is located within the township.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 729 in 2010, 720 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Wilber Township

Nobody well known was born in Wilber Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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J. Scott CampbellAmerican comic book artist · b. 1973
Jeff JanisAmerican football player · b. 1991
George PrescottAmerican politician · b. 1913
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Leland JacobsAmerican teacher · b. 1907
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Wilber
Gone or out of use
Silver Creek Lookout TowertowerWilber Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wilber Township
Pioneer PlainsWilber

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.

Oscoda Township1 historic placeC+Baldwin Township1 historic placeB−Plainfield TownshipIts storyC−Au Sable TownshipIts storyC+Tawas TownshipIts storyC−Sand LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wilber Township’s history

What year was Wilber Township founded?

The Wilber Township post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From 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.