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History · Marshall

15% of Marshall’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1971 on.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Marshall’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 Marshall 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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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Marshall came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Marshall.

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In October 1852 a survey crew working for the U.S. government marked all the section corners in the six mile square which would become Marshall, walking through the woods and swamps, measuring with chain and compass. When done, the deputy surveyors filed this general description:

This Township contains some Tamarac Swamp, all of which is unfit for cultivation. Some Hay meadow from which Hay may be cut. The Surface is generally level. That(?) that may be considered upland, and Compare favourably with 2nd(?) rate land in(?) any(?) Country. Covered with white and yellow Birch, Sugar, Maple, Elm, Ash And some Pine, some places Hemlock mostly.

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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On the map

Marshall on the map, 1971 to 1980

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

Marshall on the 1971 USGS mapMarshall on the 1980 USGS map1971Sheldon 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 Marshall.

Famous people

Famous people close to Marshall

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

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Ron KovicAnti-war activist · b. 1946
Lois CappsAmerican politician and writer · b. 1938
Jim LeonhardAmerican football player and coach · b. 1982
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Beverley AndersonAmerican alpine skier · b. 1938
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Mark HayesAmerican composer · b. 1953
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Mike NewkirkPlayer of American and Canadian football · b. 1986
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Linden SchoolschoolMaple Grove SchoolschoolMarshall Center SchoolschoolOak View SchoolschoolRiverside Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Marshall
Woodlawn

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.

McKinley1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWillardIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRubyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrowIts 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, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.