The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A Chicago and North Western Railway station was established at the community in 1872. On July 13, 1874, a post office was opened here under the name of "Wacedah", with Alva F. Burnham as its postmaster. The post office was renamed after local leader Samuel M. Stephenson on January 10, 1876. After representing the community in the Michigan Legislature as both a representative and senator Stephenson would serve the community so named for him (and the remainder of what was then 12th district) in the United States Congress from 1889 to 1896. Stephenson incorporated as a village in 1898.
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Start Stephenson’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stephenson’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Stephenson, decade by decade
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Nothing in Stephenson is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Stephenson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Wells, J.W., State Park in Cedarville, 11.7 miles away.
Stephenson and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.