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History · Imlay Township

Imlay Township’s post office opened in 1908

Most of Imlay Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: maps from 1960 on.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
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Quick answers

How Imlay Township began

When was Imlay Township founded?

1908

The Imlay Township post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Casey (1891) and Imlay (1908), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 13118 years
Founding year: the first Imlay Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Imlay 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 Imlay Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Imlay Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Imlay Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Casey
1891–1905
Imlay
1908–1951
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Imlay
Gone or out of use
Casey Post Officepost office

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

The story

How Imlay Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Imlay Township.

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A post office called Imlay was in operation between 1908 and 1951. The community was named for Imlay Tabbets, a local cattleman.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Imlay Township, 1891 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Casey post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Casey post office closes
  5. 1908Post officeThe Imlay post office opens
  6. 1951Post officeThe Imlay post office closes
  7. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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On the map

Imlay Township on the map, 1960 to 1981

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

Imlay Township on the 1960 USGS mapImlay Township on the 1981 USGS map1960Quinn Table SE sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Imlay Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Conata TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScenic Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrooked Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Imlay Township’s history

What year was Imlay Township founded?

The Imlay Township post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikipedia, 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.