The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRansom Township is a civil township of Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,012 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 932 to 808 (-13%). Half of its homes were built before 1952.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ransom 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.
Start Ransom’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ransom’s history is told.
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Ransom, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Ransom
1 place in Ransom is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.