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Buel’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Buel. 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

Buel Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,161.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,265 to 1,161 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1980.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Buel 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 Buel’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Buel

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BCBruce CorkPeck · 6 miZelda SearsZelda SearsBrockway · 14 miJHJon HorstSandusky · 11 miCharles BowlesCharles BowlesYale · 13 miCyrus K. BettisCyrus K. BettisCarsonville · 9 miDewayne T. WilliamsDewayne T. WilliamsBrown City · 16 mi
By decade

Buel, 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 Buel is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Buel has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Roach, W.R., Cannery Warehouse and Office Building in Croswell, 4.5 miles away.

Buel and the nearest listed places

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Roach, W.R., Cannery Warehouse and Office BuildingWilliam Reuben Nims HouseThomas and Margaret Spencer Matthews FarmCadillac HouseDivine, John, Law Office/Moore Public LibraryMoore, Charles H./Sleeper, Albert E., House

Closest to Buel

Roach, W.R., Cannery Warehouse and Office BuildingCroswell · Industrial Loft Warehouse · Built 19174.5miWilliam Reuben Nims HouseLexington · Building8.4miThomas and Margaret Spencer Matthews FarmWorth · Built 18528.5miCadillac HouseLexington · Built 18598.6miDivine, John, Law Office/Moore Public LibraryLexington · Building8.6mi

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. Roach, W.R., Cannery Warehouse and Office Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Buel?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Buel’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
📜 Croswell📜 Applegate📜 Lexington📜 Washington
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