Sanborn’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Sanborn. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSanborn Township is a civil township of Alpena County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,084 at the 2020 census.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,116 people in 2010, 2,084 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sanborn 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 Sanborn’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sanborn’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSanborn Township, MI location: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Sanborn, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Sanborn Township, MI location and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.