The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHighland Township is a civil township of Osceola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,148 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,250 to 1,148 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Highland 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 Highland’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Highland’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPlat book of Osceola County, Mich…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Highland
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Highland, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Highland is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Highland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cooley School in Cadillac, 10.7 miles away.
Highland 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 Osceola County, Michigan (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories 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.