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History · May Township

Half of May Township’s homes were built after 1990

Most of May Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990.

0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about May 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 May Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s May Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how May Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bridgeman
1899–1911
Casino
1899–1914
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BridgemanCasino
Gone or out of use
Bridgeman Post Officepost officeCasino Post Officepost officeWheelocklocale
1cemetery inside May Township
Bridgeman

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

The story so far

May Township, in brief

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

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 852 in 2010, 842 in 2020.

Timeline

May Township, 1899 to 1914

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Bridgeman post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Casino post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1911Post officeThe Bridgeman post office closes
  6. 1914Post officeThe Casino post office closes
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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Motley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMotley1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBecker TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMeadow Brook TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairview TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSylvan Township1 historic placeC

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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.