The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMonterey Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,436 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,356 to 2,436 (+3%). Half of its homes were built before 1983.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Monterey 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 Monterey’s history is told.
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Monterey, decade by decade
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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 albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Monterey is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Monterey has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Augustus Lilly House in Allegan, 6.6 miles away.
Monterey and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Augustus Lilly House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Monterey?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Monterey’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons