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History · Woodhull Township

Woodhull Township’s post office opened in 1850

More historic than 22% of U.S. towns · #627 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it

Most of Woodhull Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1912 on.

1850first post office
0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Woodhull Township began

When was Woodhull Township founded?

1850

The Woodhull Township post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Woodhull (1850), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 3,687176 years

How historic is Woodhull Township?

C−

More historic than 22% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Woodhull Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Woodhull Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Woodhull Township is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #627 of 701 in Michigan. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Woodhull Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1850, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19404.4% of homes (±2.8) · typical MI town 11.9% · U.S. 8.4%CNational 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 22%
NewerOlder
Michigan towns of 2,500+ (701)Ahead of 11%

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 Woodhull 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 C. The pre-1940 share (±2.8 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (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 Woodhull 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 Woodhull Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19124 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 1972. Watch Woodhull Township change.
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Start Woodhull Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Woodhull Township on the map, 1912 to 1972

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

Woodhull Township on the 1912 USGS mapWoodhull Township on the 1928 USGS mapWoodhull Township on the 1944 USGS mapWoodhull Township on the 1972 USGS map1912Laingsburg 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 Woodhull Township.

The story so far

Woodhull Township, in brief

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

Woodhull Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,687 at the 2020 census. Woodhull Township as organized in 1838.

Its first post office opened in 1850. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,810 to 3,687 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Woodhull Township, 1850 to 1912

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Woodhull post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe Woodhull post office closes
  4. 1880Post officeThe Shaftsburg post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1912On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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Famous people

Famous people close to Woodhull Township

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

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Nate SilverAmerican statistician, journalist, and poker pl… · b. 1978
Ryan MillerAmerican ice hockey goaltender · b. 1980
Spencer AbrahamAmerican attorney, author and politician · b. 1952
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Taylor NicholsAmerican actor · b. 1959
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Andrew RoblAmerican poker player · b. 1986
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Charlie FergusonAmerican baseball player · b. 1875
Places that used to be

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

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

Woodhull
1850–1880
Shaftsburg
1880–today
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Quiet Cove Mobile Home ParkShaftsburg
Gone or out of use
Perry Aero Park Airportairport
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Woodhull Township
GrahamKay FamilyOak PlainSpragueWoodhull

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.

Perry Township1 historic placeB−Williamstown Township1 historic placeBSciota TownshipIts storyB−Bath TownshipIts storyC−

Questions about Woodhull Township’s history

What year was Woodhull Township founded?

The Woodhull Township post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Woodhull Township rank for history?

Woodhull Township is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #627 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 Woodhull Township?

4% of Woodhull Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.8 points), against a typical 12% for a Michigan town; the median home was built in 1981.

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).

From 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.