The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHayes Township is a civil township of Otsego County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,725 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,619 to 2,725 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1989.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hayes 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hayes’s history is told.
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Hayes, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumThen & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

