The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFork Township is a civil township of Mecosta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,627 at the 2020 census.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,604 people in 2010, 1,627 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fork 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Fork’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fork’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPlat book of Mecosta County, Mich…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Fork
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Fork, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Fork is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fork has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sherman City Union Church in Sherman, 4.5 miles away.
Fork 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 Plat book of Mecosta County, Michigan (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories 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.