The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBay Township is a civil township of Charlevoix County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,142 at the 2020 census. Bay Township was established in 1887. The township contains the census-designated place of Horton Bay. The community and surrounding area were featured in several stories by Ernest Hemingway, particularly the Nick Adams stories including "The End of Something".
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,122 people in 2010, 1,142 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1985.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bay 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 Bay’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bay’s history is told.
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2000
3 historic places in Bay
3 places in Bay are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1991Horton Bay General Store
Listed 1995Horton Bay House-Red Fox Inn
Listed 2001Horton Bary SchoolThen & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.