The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBaldwin is a village in and county seat of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 863 at the 2020 census. The village is mostly located in Pleasant Plains Township with a smaller portion extending north into Webber Township
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,208 to 902 (-25%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Baldwin yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Baldwin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Baldwin’s history is told.
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Baldwin, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Baldwin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Baldwin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Idlewild Historic District (Boundary Increase) in Webber, 2.5 miles away.
Baldwin and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.