History · China

China’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of China. 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

China Township is a charter township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,509 at the 2020 Census. It is named after China, Maine.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,551 people in 2010, 3,509 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1987.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of China 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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Before
2000
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Then & now

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