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Banks’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Banks. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Banks Township is a civil township of Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,588.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,609 people in 2010, 1,588 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1970.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Banks 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.

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

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Famous people close to Banks

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KKKaila KuhnBoyne City · 15 miBritta PhillipsBritta PhillipsBoyne City · 15 miAlice AchesonAlice AchesonCharlevoix · 10 miJay Norwood DarlingJay Norwood DarlingNorwood · 7 miJCJim CashBoyne City · 15 miScott LeavittScott LeavittElk Rapids · 19 mi
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Banks, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Banks is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Banks has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is John J. and Eva Reynier Porter Estate in South Arm, 7 miles away.

Banks and the nearest listed places

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John J. and Eva Reynier Porter EstateLoeb Farms Barn ComplexEast Jordan Lumber Company Store BuildingVotruba BlockCharlevoix Central Historic DistrictCharlevoiz South Pierhead Light

Closest to Banks

John J. and Eva Reynier Porter EstateSouth Arm · District7miLoeb Farms Barn ComplexMarion · Building8.5miEast Jordan Lumber Company Store BuildingEast Jordan · Late Victorian8.7miVotruba BlockEast Jordan · Late Victorian8.7miCharlevoix Central Historic DistrictCharlevoix · District10.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. John J. and Eva Reynier Porter Estate’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Banks?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Banks’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Ellsworth📜 Marion📜 Central Lake📜 South Arm
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