Carsonville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Carsonville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCarsonville is a village in Sanilac County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Carsonville had a population of 465. The village is situated at 43°25′37″N 82°40′17″W on the boundary between Bridgehampton Township and Washington Township, with about half the village in each. The village began with a store built in 1853 operated by Silas C. Hall, who also became the first postmaster in 1857. The place was initially called Hall's Corners. It was renamed in 1884 after local store-owner and businessman Arthur Carson, who built his first store there in 1864. The village incorporated in 1887.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 527 to 465 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1964.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Carsonville 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 Carsonville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carsonville’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCuster Road Bridge, Spanning Blac…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Carsonville
See all 2 →
Carsonville, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Carsonville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Carsonville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Joseph M. Loop House in Sanilac, 6.5 miles away.
Carsonville and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Custer Road Bridge, Spanning Black River Drain and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.