History · Genoa

Genoa’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Genoa. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
1historic places
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Genoa Charter Township is a charter township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 20,692. Genoa Township was organized in 1837.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 19,821 to 20,692 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1994.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Genoa 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 below
1895Standard atlas of Livingston County, Michigan -…Map
1900–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Genoa, decade by decade

1900s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Historic places

National Register · via Wikidata

From Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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