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History · Weston Township

18% of Weston Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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Places that used to be

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

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

Frisby
1882–1883
Amherst
1887–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AmherstFrisbyNewport Colony
Gone or out of use
Amherst Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Weston Township
AmherstNewport Colony

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.

Lowell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth Detroit TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNewport TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStena TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClaremont Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.