The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusElk Rapids Township is a civil township of Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,521 at the 2020 census. The village of Elk Rapids is located within the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,642 to 1,529 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Elk Rapids 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 Elk Rapids’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Elk Rapids’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Elk Rapids, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Elk Rapids is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Elk Rapids has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Elk Rapids First Methodist Episcopal Church in Elk Rapids, 0.6 miles away.
Elk Rapids and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.