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History · French Township

16% of French Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about French 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 French Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story

How French Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of French Township.

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French Township was named in honor of William A. French, a pioneer settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 French Township

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

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Chris PrattAmerican actor · b. 1979
Kevin McHaleAmerican basketball player · b. 1957
Roger MarisAmerican baseball player · b. 1934
Vincent BugliosiAmerican lawyer and true crime writer · b. 1934
Daniel BerriganAmerican Catholic priest, peace activist, and p… · b. 1921
Mark PavelichAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1958
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Side Lake

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.

Bearville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSturgeon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorcom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikipedia, 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.