Green Oak’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Green Oak. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGreen Oak 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 19,539. In September 2005, the township board voted to incorporate as a charter township, becoming the second charter township in Livingston County.
Green Oak was established in 2005. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 17,476 to 19,539 (+12%). Half of its homes were built before 1991.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Green Oak 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 Green Oak’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Green Oak’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGreen Oak Charter Township, MI lo…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Green Oak
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Green Oak, decade by decade
1990s
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CommonsLake Nichwagh, Green Oak Township, Michigan2013
CommonsWoodland Center Correctional Facility Entrance Green Oak To…2012
CommonsRural Residence, Rushton Road, Green Oak Township, Michigan2012
CommonsNot Eminem's Eight Mile Road Northfield and Green Oak Towns…2012
CommonsMallard Lake Green Oak Township Michigan2012
CommonsHuron River from Bridge on Kensington Road Green Oak Townsh…2012
CommonsHuron River Viewed from Bridge on Fieldcrest Drive, Green O…2012
CommonsHammond-Lintner Historic Farm, (1831), 119 Rushton Road, Gr…2012
CommonsGreen Oak Township Fire Station -832012
CommonsCentennial Village Pond Green Oak Township Michigan2012
Commons5-H Farms Produce Stand, Green Oak Township (South Lyon), M…2012
CommonsKohler urinals Island Lake Recreational Area Green Oak Town…2011
CommonsCon-way Freight truck Whitmore Lake Michigan2011
CommonsWhite House-Black Market store Green Oak Village Place2010
CommonsGreen Oak Village Place2010
CommonsGreen Oak Township Hall Michigan2010
CommonsDress Barn store Green Oak Village Place2010
CommonsDSW Shoes store Green Oak Village Place2010
CommonsChico's store Green Oak Village Place2010
CommonsAmerican Eagle Outfitters store Green Oak Village Place2010Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Green Oak Charter Township, MI location and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (22) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.