Springville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Springville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSpringville Township is a civil township of Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,739 at the 2020 census.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,755 people in 2010, 1,739 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1981.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Springville 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 Springville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Springville’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSpringville Township, MI location: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Springville, decade by decade
2000
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Springville Township, MI location and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.